Microbicide Research, A Promising Prevention Strategy For HIV/AIDS: Can It Save Women’s Lives?

This event addressed the status of microbicide research and its importance as an HIV/AIDS prevention strategy for women. In the video, the panel discusses global microbicide development efforts and "on-the-ground" issues related to clinical trials. Speakers include then-US Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.), US Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), IPM CEO Dr. Zeda Rosenberg and Dr. Salim S. Abdool Karim, vice chancellor of research at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and director of CAPRISA. Held on July 18, 2006 in Washington, DC, and sponsored by the Alliance for Microbicide Development, Global Campaign for Microbicides, IPM and Women's Policy, Inc. and the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Length: 1 hour, 20 minutes. View Dr. Zeda Rosenberg at 14 minutes, 11 seconds

Thanks to the Kaiser Family Foundation for this copy of the video presentation and permission to rebroadcast it from our website. See the Kaiser Network page for more information.