January 2009

Up one level

Is microbicide research on teen girls OK?

(hivplusmag.com) 30 January 2009: Young women under age 18 have high rates of HIV acquisition and thus represent an important population for the clinical research of microbicides. Microbicide trials, however, primarily enroll adult participants.

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Uganda: new HIV cases alarm doctors

By Charles Wendo (New Vision-Kampala) 8 January 2009: Doctors have raised a fresh alarm over the rate at which Ugandans are becoming infected with HIV, especially married people.

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