Other Prevention Options

Microbicides would fill a significant gap in our ability to fight HIV, but they are only one part of a range of prevention strategies. Some tools and strategies can be implemented immediately by individuals. Others need more support from governments and donors, and others are still in progress in the laboratory.

Our goal at the Global Campaign is to advocate for access to a broad range of prevention tools and strategies that collectively give women and men the power to protect themselves from HIV and to end this disastrous pandemic. Our response to AIDS has been hampered by a reluctance to take the bold steps that are needed…

To talk openly about sex and sexuality;
To try new strategies even in the absence of perfect knowledge; and
To invest the significant resources necessary to create "state of the art" prevention, in addition to "state of the art" treatment.

There is no one solution to the AIDS pandemic except the sincere and aggressive pursuit of all potential options available to us.

Expert meeting on the female condom in December 2004

As a convening partner of the UNAIDS Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, as well as part of its own mission to expand prevention options for women, the Global Campaign for Microbicides undertook an experts’ consultation in order to understand barriers and opportunities for increasing access to the female condom. The meeting first sought input from a number of individuals with experience researching, programming, advocating for and/or funding female condom programs, and then dedicated a morning session at the GCM/GCWA partners’ meeting to discuss the issues and make recommendations for concrete action strategies. Click here to read a short report from this meeting. (95 KB PDF)

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