pubhealth: nprglobalhealth:A new tool that women can use to (secretly) protect themselves from HIV
pubhealth: nprglobalhealth: A new tool that women can use to (secretly) protect themselves from HIV Read the full story here It’s soft and flexible, about the diameter of a lime. The ring sits inside the vagina and releases anti-HIV drugs into the reproductive tract.“No one knows you have it. And it doesn’t interfere with the sexual experience,” ….. “It can help a woman control her body and her health without necessarily challenging the man.”At the International AIDS Conference this week in Durban, it was announced that in a big clinical study of 2,600 women, the ring was up to 70 percent effective at stopping HIV when women wore it regularly. -- source link