International Microbicides Conference 2012

aidsmap news from IMC 2012

• No significant link between injectable contraceptives and HIV risk, but questions still remain

  Contraception
  Gus Cairns | 18 April 2012

  Two studies presented at the International Microbicides Conference this week failed to completely dispel the association between injectable contraceptives and an increased risk of acquiring HIV. The field of HIV prevention was thrown into confusion ...

• No more single-theme conferences: global HIV prevention conference planned

  HIV prevention policy
  Gus Cairns | 18 April 2012

  The International Microbicides Conference held in Sydney this week will be the last of its kind, delegates were told in a closing plenary today. From 2014 onwards, it is planned, a single ...

• Douching does not seem to increase STI risk

  Condoms and lubricant
  Gus Cairns | 18 April 2012

  Neither rectal douching nor vaginal washing appears to be as significantly associated with sexually transmitted infections or other microbial conditions that increase the risk of HIV, as had been feared, the International Microbicides ...

• Gay partners' HIV transmission study due to start, despite practical barriers

  Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
  Gus Cairns | 17 April 2012

  A large study looking at HIV infections in gay men who are within long-term relationships with HIV-positive partners is about to start in Australia, the International Microbicides Conference in Sydney heard today. This Opposites ...

• Contraceptive requirement may have compromised FEM-PrEP study

  PrEP
  Gus Cairns | 16 April 2012

  A requirement that all participants take hormonal contraceptives may have been what led to the disappointing failure of a study of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) targeted at single women, the International Microbicides Conference in ...