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Before sex Aids pill trials to start
Participants in this year’s Aids Day celebrations in Eldoret light candles at a symbolic grave in remembrance of those who have died of the disease. A new study aims at finding out if an anti-retroviral drug can prevent infection. Photo/FILE
Posted Monday, March 9 2009 at 20:14
In Summary
- Survey in Bondo intended to show that the drug can stop HIV infection
At the moment, she says, the most important thing is to find out whether taking the pill once a day will prevent HIV infection.
Dr Ogot says that if one becomes infected even after safety measures have been observed, administration of the drug will be discontinued immediately and any resistance to the drugs will be closely monitored.
Another challenge is the fact that the drug’s effects on the unborn child is not yet known. And as such, maintains Dr Ogot, all participants will be put on contraceptives prior to and during the study period.
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Submitted by nzakuPosted March 11, 2009 01:26 AM
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Submitted by SJ502
Good intentions loaded with a bad strategy...1,000 Bondo women is too high a price to pay to test some scientist’s hypothesis. Use rats or monkeys for heaven's sake and give the rural Kenyan woman a break!
Posted March 10, 2009 11:19 PM -
Submitted by kajrn
Why play with the lives of the innocent. Who will rescue the women to be used for this project. If it is true that it will happen in US and some other developed countries, it will be among the minority and the destitute. Please someone help our Kenyan women not to be subjected to this kind of a research. IT IS SYMPATHETIC. STOP IT!! STOP IT!!
Posted March 10, 2009 09:33 PM -
Submitted by NewGeneration
chances are they were gonna get infected anyway.everyone knows the stats on discordant couples. Atleast now they have half a chance?
Posted March 10, 2009 05:36 PM -
Submitted by echiri2001
The message is completely diluted by the glue-sniffers in this picture. It goes on to tell who the audience was in this event......
Posted March 10, 2009 04:53 PM
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Just tell them to use condoms or abstain. By the time you find out if your drug works, many would be dead. Gambling on the uninfected! Remember what you did to the majengo prostitutes? You studied their immunity to HIV and they all died later. Its frica anyway!