Global Pulse Blog

There has been a recent renewed focus on HIV prevention methods, especially in developing nations. One such method which, like the female condom (see Global Pulse Blog March 18th), microbicides are a potential method of empowering women to help prevent the spread of the HIV virus.

A March 12th discussion on US National Public Radio explores the continuing debate over the roll of microbicides in the fight against HIV.

In one recent study, presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Montreal found results that, while not statistically significant, are believed to be promising especially when the microbicide gel was used consistently. The gel worked to prevent HIV in 30 percent of the women who tried it in this study.

Be sure to check out the entire discussion over this controversial HIV prevention method.