http://blog.aac.org/index.php/2008/02/21/no-bad-news-is-good-news-for-microbicides/ A Blog Devoted to Stopping the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:39:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://blog.aac.org/index.php/2008/02/21/no-bad-news-is-good-news-for-microbicides/#comment-36397 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:47:43 +0000 http://blog.aac.org/index.php/2008/02/21/no-bad-news-is-good-news-for-microbicides/#comment-36397 I like the positivity of this article. I wholeheartedly agree that, despite the failure of Carraguard to prevent HIV, the 12-year study involving 6,000 South African women, was a monumental research project. It is victorious in the sense that it did in fact, as noted above by Emily, help to increase services and educate the particpants and community members about HIV prevention/safe sex, as noted by the dramatic increase in the use of condoms. It\\\'s heartening that more products are in phase 3. This provides hope. It\\\'s essential that an AFFORDABLE, safe HIV/AIDS/STD microbicide be developed and accessible to women all over the world so that staggering figure of 3500 women per day drops dramatically. I applaud those who have been and are advocating for the availability of microbicides, because the ultimate result will be make such a substantial difference in the global fight against HIV/AIDS and STDS. I like the positivity of this article. I wholeheartedly agree that, despite the failure of Carraguard to prevent HIV, the 12-year study involving 6,000 South African women, was a monumental research project. It is victorious in the sense that it did in fact, as noted above by Emily, help to increase services and educate the particpants and community members about HIV prevention/safe sex, as noted by the dramatic increase in the use of condoms. It\\\’s heartening that more products are in phase 3. This provides hope. It\\\’s essential that an AFFORDABLE, safe HIV/AIDS/STD microbicide be developed and accessible to women all over the world so that staggering figure of 3500 women per day drops dramatically. I applaud those who have been and are advocating for the availability of microbicides, because the ultimate result will be make such a substantial difference in the global fight against HIV/AIDS and STDS.

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