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IRMA Issues Global Call to Action: We Demand Answers on Lubricant Safety

More than 30 years into the HIV pandemic, we don’t know whether sexual lubricants increase, decrease or have no impact on the risk of acquiring HIV and other STIs. This is unacceptable. We demand answers on lubricant safety. We demand a Lubricant Safety Research Agenda.

Published
15 February 2013
From
International Rectal Microbicide Advocates (IRMA)
HIV prevention policy
The blame game that is taking Uganda back to ABC

President Museveni has continuously blamed increasing HIV prevalence in Uganda on non-governmental organisations’ promotion of condom use, sex work and circumcision. “There are so many conflicting messages” observes Mr. Museveni.

Published
06 February 2013
From
Key Correspondents
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
UK experts: successful treatment is "as effective as consistent condom use" in reducing HIV transmission

The British HIV Association (BHIVA) and the Department of Health’s Expert Advisory Group on AIDS (EAGA) published this week a position statement on the use of HIV

Published
23 January 2013
By
Roger Pebody
Condoms and lubricant
Lube is Slippery, but is it Safe?

The shocking truth is we don’t know much about the safety of sexual lubricants and whether or not they may actually contribute to the spread of HIV.

Published
21 January 2013
From
AIDS Foundation of Chicago
Condoms and lubricant
New warnings over a rise in counterfeit condoms

The government's health regulator has warned there are a rising number of counterfeit condoms being smuggled into to the UK. The MHRA say that the condoms, which have a higher failure rate, are mainly being found on sale in corner shops, newsagents and market stalls.

Published
10 January 2013
From
BBC Newsbeat
Safer sex
Young people know less about HIV and are less trustful of condoms, French survey finds

The first survey for six years of attitudes to HIV and sexual risk behaviour among the general public in France has found that young people are less

Published
10 January 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Condoms and lubricant
Bill to Expand Birth Control Is Approved in Philippines

After a ferocious national debate that pitted family members against one another, and some faithful Catholics against their church, the Philippine Congress passed legislation on Monday to help the country’s poorest women gain access to birth control.

Published
19 December 2012
From
New York Times
Condoms and lubricant
Introducing the GLAM Toolkit: Advocacy to improve lubricant access in Africa

The Toolkit provides background on the status of lubricant (lube) access in Africa and strategies for civil society and government partners to secure and distribute sustainable supplies of safe, condom-compatible lube.

Published
17 December 2012
From
International Rectal Microbicides Advocates
Microbicides
Electrically spun fabric offers dual defense against pregnancy, HIV

A University of Washington team has developed a versatile platform to simultaneously offer contraception and prevent HIV. Electrically spun cloth with nanometer-sized fibers can dissolve to release drugs, providing a platform for cheap, discrete and reversible protection.

Published
10 December 2012
From
University of Washington press release
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
New study shows structural factors play major role in access to HIV services for gay men worldwide

A large-scale study of gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM), conducted by the Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF), indicates that only one third of MSM can easily access condoms, lubricant, HIV testing, and HIV treatment.

Published
30 November 2012
From
MSMGF
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