ANDIE NOONAN
The HIV prevention message across the globe has
been boosted from an unlikely quarter just days
beforetheworldstopsforWorldAIDSDay.
Surprisingmany,PopeBenedictXVIhassoftened
theVatican’shardlinestanceoncondomuse,saying...
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ANDIE NOONAN
The HIV prevention message across the globe has
been boosted from an unlikely quarter just days
beforetheworldstopsforWorldAIDSDay.
Surprisingmany,PopeBenedictXVIhassoftened
theVatican’shardlinestanceoncondomuse,saying
whenitcomestoHIVprevention,condomusemay
beacceptable.
In other promising news, results from the
international iPreEx study have found the
antiretroviral drug Truvada can reduce the
likelihood of HIV infection by 44 percent among
menwhohavesexwithmen.
Despite the good news, Australia is taking a
cautiousapproachtothestudy.
Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations
(AFAO) executive officer Don Baxter told the Star
Observer the results were encouraging, but far
from a silver bullet for change in HIV prevention
methods.
“While we welcome the proof of concept that
something like this could work, we do have to be
verycarefulaboutmovingfromhavingsomeresults
to a public health program and putting it into
practice,”Baxtersaid.
“Unfortunately, the 44 percent o
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