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Australian Biomedical Prevention and Microbicides Symposium 2008

 Report on the second Australian Symposium on Microbicides and HIV Biomedical Prevention, July 2008.

 
Circumcision

AFAO publications discussing the potential of circumcision as a HIV preventative measure.

 
Female condom

Information about the female condom.

Last updated 6 April 2009

 
HIV Vaccines

A vaccine that prevents AIDS is considered the to be the most effective public health tool against the global pandemic. This section provides information about vaccine trials in which Australia has been involved and links to further info about vaccines. Page last updated 5 November 2009

 
Microbicides

Microbicides are topical products for vaginal or rectal use that are designed to prevent HIV infection.  

Last Updated 23 July 2010
 
Mother-to-child transmission

Links to information about mother to child transmission.

Last Updated 11 February 2009

 
PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis)

PrEP is an experimental HIV prevention strategy that uses antiretroviral drugs in HIV negative people to prevent infection.

Last Updated 5 November 2009
 
Treatment as prevention

Pills on spoonThe AFAO-NAPWA Education Teaminvited a group of authors from the Australian HIV sector to consider the issue of ARV therapy as prevention with a particular focus on recent debates and their application to the Australian context, as well as wider implications. Each of these authors makes an important contribution to this question. The resulting Monograph, 'TRICK OR TREAT? Antiretroviral therapy as HIV prevention', is the first in AFAO's HIV Biomedical Prevention Series.

10 July 2010

 
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