In a surprising move, the World Health Organisation has come out in support of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), recommending Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) to consider its use for HIV prevention alongside the use of condoms. It will be a huge challenge for countries
The New York Times started a debate on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV infection by asking five prominent researchers and HIV advocates to discuss whether promoting the use of antiviral drugs was a good public health strategy, or if it will encourage more
The participation and contribution of healthy human volunteers in clinical research is key to the successful development of new approaches to HIV prevention. But what is a “healthy volunteer”? The successful development of a HIV vaccine or of a New HIV Prevention Technology (NPT, such
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Does the PARTNER study signal the death of condoms or should we curb our enthusiasm, and carry on pretending we use them? The preliminary results of the PARTNER study were one of the most talked about data
There is not a month without an announcement that we are one step closer to an HIV vaccine or HIV cure or of any other revolutionary approaches that will once and for all put an end to an epidemic that has claimed more than 30