Researchers
in the United States confirm that a trial in which American teenagers used a
vaginal ring to prevent HIV infection has proved successful.
Noow, a
further study will be run with teenagers in Africa. The girls used a flexible
plastic ring, embedded with anti-retroviral drugs, which was changed every
month over a six-month period.
The research
Is part of a drive to develop a device which women can use to protect
themselves from HIV infection, so they don't have to rely on men to wear
condoms.
Reporting
the development at a conference about HIV science in Paris, the researchers
said they were encouraged that the girls used the ring and said they liked it.
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