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)