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From:	Adeyemo Gabriel [ profile ]
Subject:	U.S. considers new tools in global AIDS fight
Sent:	Dec 19th, 2010 - 12:36:05

	Date: 15 December 2010 Source: Reuters AUTHOR: Andrew Quinn http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-53569620101215 The U.S. global AIDS program may turn to new tools such as microbicide gels and pre-infection treatment to slow the epidemic in hard-hit countries, the program's director said on Tuesday. Eric Goosby said the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) was looking closely at both the gels, which can protect women against infection during sex and "pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)," which involves giving AIDS drugs to people in high-risk groups before they are infected. "We would support PReP in terms of high risk populations," Goosby, the U.S. Global AIDS coordinator, told Reuters, adding that various country approval plans were already under internal consideration. Goosby said microbicide gels -- a focus of hope since a South African clinical trial this year showed at least one version lowered HIV infection rates -- could also play a part once full regulatory approval is obtained and more is understood about how they work. "We haven't worked out the delivery system or the dosing or interval of application," Goosby said. "We are absolutely positioned to engage in it as soon as we know those." Click the link above to read more. Thanks Yours in Prevention Science Adeyemo Gabriel Moderator: S4M, Nigeria

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