Microbicides are substances capable of reducing the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted pathogens when applied vaginally.Evidence from many settings strongly suggests that many women will find microbicides easier to use than condoms and that they can be used when condom use is not possible. This has raised the concern that women might abandon condoms in favour of microbicides. Indeed, the fear of 'condom migration' has been a major barrier to the widespread endorsement of microbicides as a potential method of HIV prevention.
Despite such high HIV-efficacy, there is substantial evidence that in many settings levels of consistent condom use is low, especially within primary partnerships. Studies show that even after directed intervention, the percentage of couples that achieve consistent condom use seldom exceeds 20-30%, except where individuals know that one partner is HIV infected. Success in increasing the consistency of condom use has been greatest among sex workers and other vulnerable groups, but even here, many sex workers do not use condoms consistently with their non-commercial, primary partners.
Even when condoms are used consistently they may be used incorrectly. The immense gap between the numbers requiring protection and those using condoms consistently and correctly could potentially be filled by microbicides.
With AIDS vaccine efforts at an impasse, microbicides -- virus-blocking gels inserted into the vagina before sexual intercourse -- have risen from their own string of setbacks to once again offer hope of preventing HIV infections, at least in women.
Identifying a microbicide that works even partially could have a huge effect. Almost half of the more than 33 million people living with HIV worldwide are women; in sub-Saharan Africa, the figure is 60%.Abstinence and condoms have been the only proven ways to prevent or reduce the spread of HIV among adults. Circumcision lowers the risk for men, and already-existing AIDS drugs are used prophylactically to reduce mother-to-child transmission during birth or breast-feeding.
Safer sex is not only for the prevention of new HIV infections. For people living with HIV (HIV+), safer sex is important because it can prevent infection with other STDs that can weaken the immune system. If both people are HIV+, safer sex can also reduce the possibility of getting infected with another strain of HIV that is resistant to the drug regimen you are taking.
Receptive vaginal-penile sex, or heterosexual intercourse, is considered a high-risk activity. It is also considered the most common way that HIV is spread worldwide. While it is high risk for both women and men, HIV+ men are much more likely to spread infection to women than HIV+ women are to infect men.
To make vaginal-penile sex even safer, consider using lubricant (‘lube'). Lube can prevent the condom from breaking and also helps prevent small cuts or tears in the vagina and on the penis during penetration. Lube is good for un-lubricated condoms as well as ones that come already lubricated; sometimes the lubrication on the condoms is not enough.
When using latex condoms, use only water- or silicone-based lube. Do not use oil-based lubes like Vaseline, Crisco, shea butter, or baby oil with latex condoms because they weaken the condom and make it more likely to break. Silicone-based lube will last longer than water-based lube. Lube can also make the condom feel better.
In addition, there has been controversy over lubricants that contain nonoxynol-9, a spermicide that is added to some products. Recent studies by the CDC, the World Health Organization, and the Population Council of New York have each demonstrated that hundreds of epithelial cells, which provide a protective membrane in the anus, were stripped away by products containing N-9.
Originally, N-9 was thought to help prevent HIV, because it killed the virus in a test tube, but now it's been documented that N-9 washes away the protective cells and might actually increase the risk of infection.
Due to public pressure, all lubricant manufacturers agreed to stop making lube with nonoxynol-9.
Microbicides might also prevent infection during anal intercourse, although most studies have focused on vaginal transmission.
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