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Time for multiple prevention technologies (MPTs) is now

Multiple prevention technologies for sexual and reproductive health, also called combination or dual technologies, include vaccines, microbicides and devices like intravaginal rings, diaphragms, and are designed to address multiple sexual and reproductive health needs, including prevention of unintended pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases including HIV, and other reproductive track infections (RTI).

Published
23 August 2012
From
Citizen News Service
Contraception
Research 'raises male pill hope'

Scientists believe they are a step closer in the difficult journey towards developing a male contraceptive pill, after successful studies in mice.

Published
17 August 2012
From
BBC
Contraception
Does injectable hormonal contraception increase the risk of HIV infection?

The 19th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) heard further contradictory evidence this week on whether hormonal contraceptives, especially injectable ones, raise the risk to women of acquiring

Published
27 July 2012
By
Gus Cairns
Contraception
The right to know: women’s choices, Depo-Provera and HIV

The Depo-HIV issue is at present hotly debated and essentially the consensus among policy makers has so far favoured inaction and incomplete disclosure (exemplified implicitly, perhaps by WHO and CDC) versus accepting the results at hand and acting on them. Both sides are well intentioned but a policy based on depriving the public and clients of a truthful understanding of their risks cannot in our view, be justified. Many thoughtful participants in this debate are in agreement with our position, that women should have full access to information and choice of methods.

Published
21 July 2012
From
Open Democracy
Contraception
UK: 'Shocking findings' says first APPG Inquiry into contraceptive restrictions

Findings show evidence of women being actively restricted from services and methods, with the over 25s bearing the brunt.

Published
10 July 2012
From
FPA press release
Delivery of care
HIV-Aids: Links with family planning bring benefits

Ethiopian policy makers, faced with a rapidly expanding population and rising numbers of HIV-Aids infections, decided to tackle both problems together.

Published
09 July 2012
From
Financial Times
Contraception
CDC says no link seen between contraceptives and higher HIV risk

There is no clear link between the use of contraceptives such as the birth control pill or Depo-Provera shots and an increased risk that a woman will contract HIV, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.

Published
22 June 2012
From
Reuters
Contraception
South Africa: Injectable contraceptive under review

South Africa’s most commonly used injectable contraceptive could be phased out and replaced with other long-term birth control methods.

Published
08 May 2012
From
City Press
Contraception
No significant link between injectable contraceptives and HIV risk, but questions still remain

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

Published
18 April 2012
By
Gus Cairns
PrEP
Contraceptive requirement may have compromised FEM-PrEP study

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,

Published
16 April 2012
By
Gus Cairns
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