Washington DC Escorts: AIDS study in South Africa proves vaginal gel protects women
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He added that this is possible however, by getting women to use the product more consistently and adding more tenofovir to the gel. In the study, women used the gel only 60 percent of the time; those who used it more often had higher rates of protection.
If further study shows the gel to be safe and effective, WHO will work to speed access to it, said its director-general, Dr. Margaret Chan. The gel is not a commercial product as yet, it was made for this and another ongoing study from drugs donated by California-based Gilead Sciences Inc., which sells tenofovir in pill form as Viread.
The study tested the gel in 889 heterosexual women in and near Durban, South Africa. Researchers had no prior information on the women’s partners, but the women were heterosexual and, in general, not in a high-risk group, such as prostitutes.
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