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Lest We Forget About the 33 Million...
by Pamela Barnes, EngenderHealth
December 8, 2010 - 9:12am (Print)
Recent advances in HIV prevention promise to catalyze the global effort to reverse the spread of HIV. But we also must ensure that the estimated 33 million already living with the virus have access to quality sexual and reproductive health services.
This World AIDS Day, Putting the Power of Prevention in Women’s Hands
reader diary by Lori Adelman, International Women's Health Coalition
December 1, 2010 - 3:50pm (Print)
Woman-initiated prevention methods are key to the fight against HIV because they offer agency and protection to a disproportionally vulnerable demographic—women.
A Pill to Prevent HIV? What the New iPrEx Results Mean for Women
by Anna Forbes
November 23, 2010 - 9:45am (Print)
Proof that PrEP works – that there is, literally, a pill can help to prevent HIV -- is an extraordinary breakthrough, as was the news received last summer that an effective vaginal microbicide had been identified. But what does a study focused on people engaging in rectal-penile sex have to do with women and their reproductive health? There are many ways to answer that question -- some of them cause for celebration and some reasons for real concern.
New Study: "Game-Changing" Vaginal HIV-Prevention Gel Could Stem New Infections
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
July 20, 2010 - 8:55am (Print)
Promising results of a new study released this week at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria, suggest an effective HIV prevention method for women may be ready for marketing in a few years.
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Multipurpose Prevention Technologies for Sexual and Reproductive Health: Gaining Momentum and Promise
February 22, 2010 - 9:00am (Print)
Multipurpose prevention technologies were the focus of Advancing Prevention Technologies for Sexual and Reproductive Health, an international symposium held in Berkeley, CA, in March 2009. For 2 days, more than 150 participants from developing and industrialized countries discussed and debated the opportunities and challenges for advancing technologies that address multiple sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs. The symposium proceedings draw from those presentations and the subsequent discussions.2 This editorial seeks to convey the key points of these discussions and engage health care professionals in the effort to fulfill the potential that these technologies might offer.
Vaccines and Microbicides: The Long Road to Success
by Cindra Feuer, AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition
August 11, 2008 - 8:16am (Print)
Roundup: More on Obama and Abortion, McCain Adviser Slips on Birth Control
by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check
July 9, 2008 - 10:29am (Print)
Less Silence, More Science: Making Anal Sex Safer
by Marc-Andre LeBlanc, International Rectal Microbicide Advocates
March 17, 2008 - 8:43am (Print)
One of the dangerous silences of global HIV prevention efforts has been the neglect of anal intercourse between women and men as well as the HIV prevalence among gay men and other men who have sex with men in Asia, Africa and other parts of the developing world.
