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City Press article could ‘ring’ true

By Kim Johnson

On Sunday (22 January) City Press newspaper featured an informative good news HIV-story, which revealed that yet another promising female-initiated method of HIV-prevention is being tested.

However the article in the City Press does not consider this new development in light of the recent cancellation of the MTN VOICE microbicide trial or the wider controversy sometimes generated by the media in relation to clinical trials.

A few months ago The Times sported a rather depressing headline which seemed to sound the death knell for once promising HIV-preventative microbicide gels, when in fact the inefficacy of the VOICE trial represented one setback rather than the complete demise of vaginal microbicides on the whole as a viable way of preventing HIV.

Continue reading | 26 January 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: arv releasing vaginal ring, caprisa 004, city press, microbicide gels, voice microbicide trial