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Petition for Greater Investment in Microbicides
& Prevention Options for Women

Every day approximately 14,000 people contract HIV. Half of them are women. Annually, there are 340 million new cases of other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) around the world. (UNAIDS, 2004; World Health Organization, 2001)

In the third decade of the AIDS pandemic, we rely on prevention strategies that depend on a partner’s willingness to use condoms. Existing prevention methods are inadequate in the face of the rising infection rates in many parts of the world, especially for women. We need safe, effective prevention options that the individual user controls, to better protect the health of women and men, and to fight the spread of the HIV pandemic.

We, the undersigned, call upon the U.S. government, the European Commission, EU Member States and other national governments to greatly accelerate research into topical microbicides, and to significantly expand efforts the provide and promote the female condom.

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