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Will male circumcision protect women, ask advocates?
18 August 2008, (AIDSMap) - Male circumcision is the only HIV prevention intervention that does not offer some protection to both partners, and may actually put a man's sexual partner at greater risk of infection, argued the women's health advocate Marge Berer at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on August 7th.
Science Examines HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment Strategies Discussed At Last Week's Conference In Mexico City
18 August 2008, (Medical News Today) - The journal Science in its Aug. 15 issue examined the "intense scrutiny" that HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment received during last week's XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Mike Cohen of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill at the conference said the two efforts "keep going to the altar," but "[t]hey never get married. They have to get married today."
Women pass on female condom
Rueters, 18 August 2008 - Fifteen years after its debut, the female condom has failed to catch on with women and aid agencies, despite its potential as a powerful tool against AIDS and other sex-related diseases.
Snapshots from Mexico City: XVII International AIDS Conference
Mexico City, 15 August 2008, (PrideSource) - The International AIDS Conference is almost a misnomer. It is not one conference, but a dozen of them running simultaneously under the same huge umbrella. Participants pass each other in the hallways and by the exhibitors' booths, but the sessions they attend can vary dramatically from basic research, to human rights, to the nitty-gritty of prevention outreach to sex workers.
Safe Sex With HIV - and Without a Condom?
Mexico City, 14 August 2008 (Tierramérica) - The Swiss Federal Commission for HIV/AIDS set off a small firestorm of debate by asserting that people living with the virus can have sexual relations without a condom and without endangering their uninfected partners, under certain conditions.
Researchers Hoping That 'Elite Controller' Could Help in HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development
14 August 2008 (KaiserNetwork) - An HIV-positive woman who has never shown symptoms of the virus might provide insights into HIV/AIDS vaccine development, researchers from Johns Hopkins University said in a study recently published in the Journal of Virology, Reuters reports.
