HIV/AIDS Women's Health

Cultural attitudes inhibit use of protective vaginal products in Brazil

Published in Drug Week, August 1st, 2003

Cultural attitudes in Brazil inhibit the use of vaginal products that can protect against HIV infection and other sexually trasmitted diseases.

"The rapid spread of HIV/AIDS in the female population increases the urgency of developing new formulations that offer protection from this disease as well as other sexually transmitted infections," scientists in Brazil noted. "In many cultures, women do not readily accept touching their genitals or inserting products into their vaginas."

"Information on this subject was collected during a study involving 635 women in Brazil to determine the preferred attributes of vaginal products," according to E. Hardy and...

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Source: Drug Week (2003-08-01)

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