(BlackDoctor.org) -- Black women are the new faces of HIV/AIDS globally. With these new faces, we need new options in combating HIV/AIDS. At the moment, using condoms, abstinence, and mutual monogamy with an uninfected partner are the only ways to not acquire HIV and STDs. However, there is development of a new HIV preventive innovation – Microbicides. Microbicides is a product that would be used vaginally or rectally, in many forms such as gels, creams, suppositories, films, or as a sponge or ring
(BlackDoctor.org) -- For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible.
The World Health Organization and the U.N. agency UNAIDS said the results "instilled new hope" in the field of HIV vaccine research.
The vaccine — a combination of two previously unsuccessful vaccines — cut the
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Over the past two years male circumcision has been identified as part of a comprehensive preventive measure to combat HIV/AIDS by the World Health Organization. Campaigns have been forged on a global level to scale –up this procedure. However, what does male circumcision mean domestically? Let’s explore what male circumcision is and its role in HIV prevention.
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Sixty-six percent of children under 13 living with AIDS who were infected by their mothers, were African Americans. This outstanding 2005 statistic from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention illustrates a huge problem in the African-American community with pregnant HIV positive women accessing drugs. In the United States, the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV is less than 2% with proper antiretroviral treatment and care. Nevertheless, the lack of access to medical
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In 2003, African Americans accounted for 16,165 (50%) of the 32,048 estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in the United States. The leading cause of HIV infection among African American men was sexual contact with other men; the next leading causes were heterosexual contact and injection drug use. The leading cause of HIV infection among African American women was heterosexual contact; the next leading cause was injection drug use.
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Black women are the new faces of HIV/AIDS globally. With these new faces, we need new options in combating HIV/AIDS. At the moment, using condoms, abstinence, and mutual monogamy with an uninfected partner are the only ways to not acquire HIV and STDs. However, there is development of a new HIV preventive innovation – Microbicides. Microbicides is a product that would be used vaginally or rectally, in many forms such as gels, creams, suppositories, films, or as a sponge or ring
(BlackDoctor.org) -- For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible.
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Over the past two years male circumcision has been identified as part of a comprehensive preventive measure to combat HIV/AIDS by the World Health Organization. Campaigns have been forged on a global level to scale –up this procedure. However, what does male circumcision mean domestically? Let’s explore what male circumcision is and its role in HIV prevention.
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Sixty-six percent of children under 13 living with AIDS who were infected by their mothers, were African Americans. This outstanding 2005 statistic from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention illustrates a huge problem in the African-American community with pregnant HIV positive women accessing drugs. In the United States, the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV is less than 2% with proper antiretroviral treatment and care. Nevertheless, the lack of access to medical
