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FEATURED STORY
March 16, 2022 | Times LIVE (South Africa)
More HIV prevention options for SA women as vaginal ring approved
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) okayed the use of the monthly dapivirine vaginal ring by adult women. More »
FEATURED STORY
February 26, 2022 | The East African (Kenya)
Young women prefer vaginal ring to daily oral pill for HIV prevention
Given a choice between two HIV prevention products, most adolescent girls and young women who had used both products while participating in the REACH study chose the monthly dapivirine ring. More »
FEATURED STORY
January 26, 2021 | World Health Organization
WHO recommends the dapivirine vaginal ring as a new choice for HIV prevention for women at substantial risk of HIV infection
WHO recommended that the dapivirine vaginal ring, a female-initiated option to reduce the risk of HIV infection, may be offered as an additional prevention choice for women at substantial HIV risk as... More »
Media Highlights
September 14, 2017 | CBS Pittsburgh
Vaginal Ring Could Become First HIV Prevention Product For Women
Similar to rings on the market now for birth control and for hormone replacement therapy, this ring doesn’t contain hormones, but a medicine called dapivirine that keeps the virus from making copies... More »
September 11, 2017 | Malawi Times
Silent rage of HIV among women in Southern Africa
The International Partnership for Microbicides believes that women can be given the power to protect themselves from HIV infection if they are empowered with products that would enable them to... More »
August 31, 2017 | The Pharmaceutical Journal
HIV prevention vaginal ring found acceptable to adolescent girls
The team says the results show that the ring is safe and acceptable for use by adolescent girls and plan to study its More »
August 15, 2017 | Business Daily Africa (Kenya)
Researchers bet on anti-HIV ring to protect teenage girls
A vaginal ring containing antiretroviral drugs is safe and acceptable for HIV prevention among adolescent girls, a study has shown. More »
August 09, 2017 | PRI
The key to stopping HIV could someday be a vaginal ring or a needle in the butt
This ring, impregnated with the drug dapivirine, would give women a whole new degree of control over HIV prevention. More »