Hope for Women in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS

After years of research looking for a female controlled product to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, a study was released during the International AIDS Conference in Vienna that gives women of the world some hope.  Research showed that a microbicidal gel that can be used secretly by women before and after sex made those women 39 percent less likely to contact HIV than the control group and that the women who used the gel most regularly reduced their chances 54 percent. This study could lead to a female controlled product that will help lower women’s risk of a disease that is becoming more feminized.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/world/africa/20safrica.html?ref=world

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/health/27aids.html?_r=2&th&emc=th