General Information

• Global Campaign for Microbicides – Resources download page (Global Campaign) – This page has many fact sheets, as well as links to many other in-depth resources on HIV microbicide development
• Microbicides (AIDS InfoNet) and Spanish version
• Microbicides (AIDSmap)

Selected Recent Articles

• Vaginal ring for HIV prevention effective and acceptable.  (September 2016, AIDSmap)
• Consistent Use of Dapivirine Vaginal Ring Could Offer More Than 75% HIV Protection, New Data Suggests.  (August 2016, TheBodyPro)
• Vaginal Ring Is Safe and Effective in Preventing HIV.  (July 2016, TheBodyPro)
• HIV Prevention Ring for Women More Than 75% Effective, New Analyses Show.  (July 2016, Beta Blog)
• Anti-HIV Ring Could Offer Good Protection.  (July 2016, MedPage Today)
• High Adherence to Vaginal Ring Reduced HIV Risk Considerably.  (July 2016, Poz)
• Five Exciting HIV Prevention Studies We’re Paying Attention to.  (June 2016, Beta Blog)
• Tenofovir Vaginal Ring Provides Protection Against HIV in Women.  (June 2016, TheBodyPro)
• Women’s Prevention Works If Women’s Realities Are Appreciated and Prioritized.  (May 2016, AVAC)
• Dapivirine Ring – Past, Present and Future.  (April 2016, AVAC)
• HOPE for the Vaginal Ring: Follow-Up Studies on New HIV-Prevention Method for Women Announced.  (March 2016, TheBodyPro)
• Can a gel to prevent HIV be applied as a lube?  (March 2016, Beta Blog)
• NIAID to Fund Further Study of Dapivirine Vaginal Ring for HIV Prevention Investment in HOPE Trial Augments Development of Next-Generation Prevention Tools.  (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• Why a new vaginal ring could be a game-changer in HIV prevention. (March 2016, TheBodyPro)
• A tale of two stem-cell transplantations in HIV+ patients: Clues to eradicate HIV.  (February 2016, Retrovirus Conference)
• Similarly modest HIV-prevention benefit of vaginal ring seen in early results of second study.  (February 2016, Poz)
• Vaginal ring provides partial protection from HIV in large multinational trial.   (February 2016, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases); related coverage from Beta Blog, Healio, Poz, Science Speaks Blog, and TheBody, and related Abstract 1 and Abstract 2 from Retrovirus Conference.
• What do women want from a vaginal microbicide ring?  (February 2016, AIDSmap)
• Why Microbicides for HIV Prevention Are Still Necessary in the Treatment-as-Prevention Era.  (October 2015, TheBodyPro)
• A New Way to Prevent HIV Using Silicone Vaginal Rings.  (September 2015, TheBodyPro)
• Vaginal Microbe Appears to Influence Women’s Risk of Contracting HIV.  (October 2015, Poz)
• Where next in PrEP and microbicides? Europeans discuss research pipeline.  (July 2015, AIDSmap)
• Tenofovir gel fails to prevent HIV infection in women.  (February 2015, Healio)
• Gel to Prevent HIV Infection Fails – Again.  (February 2015, MedPage Today)
• Disappointing result for tenofovir-gel microbicide shows that young women still lack HIV prevention methods they can use.  (February 2015, AIDSmap)
• Vaginal HIV Prevention Gel Fails in Major Study.  (February 2015, TheBodyPro)
• Semen Found to Impair Microbicide Efficacy.  (February 2015, Beta Blog)
• 10 HIV Prevention Developments to Watch in 2015.  (February 2015, AVAC and TheBodyPro)
• VOICE trial: Microbicide gel may have stopped two out of three HIV infections – in the women who used it.  (February 2015, AIDSmap)
• Failed VOICE PrEP Trial Failed to Preempt Lies About Adherence.  (February 2015, Poz)
• What’s Next for HIV Prevention for Women: VOICE-ing the Need for FACTS.  (February 2015, AVAC)
• Strategies to improve male partner involvement in microbicide research needed.  (December 2014, AIDSmap)
• Vaginal Ring May Protect Against HIV, Herpes, HPV and Pregnancy.  (November 2014, Poz)
• Viread Gel Linked to Lowered Risk of Herpes Among Women.  (November 2014, Poz)
• Misunderstanding of questions regarding anal sex in microbicide HIV prevention trial.  (November 2014, AIDSmap)
• Tenofovir gel use associated with lower HSV-2 risk in women.  (October 2014, AIDSmap)
• Stigma, ambivalence and other priorities – explaining poor adherence to PrEP and vaginal microbicides.  (September 2014, AIDSmap)
• A Tampon-Like HIV Prevention Method for Women?  (August 2014, Poz)
• Researchers Using Tobacco to Cultivate Agent for HIV Microbicide.  (August 2014, Poz)
• Condom With Anti-HIV/STI Lube OK’d in Japan & Australia.  (July 2014, Poz)
• Dapivirine vaginal ring safe and effective in tissue study, but maraviroc component doesn’t work.  (March 2014, AIDSmap)
• Post-Exposure Microbicide Gel Shows Promise in Monkeys.  (March 2014, Poz)
• New Rings, Gels, and Films Show Promise in Microbicide Trials.  (March 2014, Beta Blog)