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Use of microbicides urged in HIV prevention

    JOHANNESBURG
    As married women in Uganda become more vulnerable to HIV/AIDS infection, authorities are encouraging them to support the use of microbicides during sexual intercourse. Research shows that the application of microbicides before intercourse can substantially reduce the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The country's AIDS Control Programme (ACP) said women were left more vulnerable to infection as a result of gender-based social norms that allowed men to seek multiple sex partners. ACP programme manager, Elizabeth Madraa, was quoted by a local newspaper, The Monitor, as saying: "Current prevention strategies that emphasise mutual monogamy and male condoms require cooperation by the male partners. Women can influence but don't control men's sexual behaviour." She urged the government and other donors to provide resources for the development of microbicides.

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