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Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence from studies about the prevention of HIV and AIDS.
Reviewed September 2009
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Male circumcision for prevention of heterosexual acquisition of HIV in men
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Results from three large randomised controlled trials conducted in Africa have shown strong evidence that male circumcision prevents men in the general population from acquiring HIV from heterosexual sex. At a local level, further research will be neede...
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Sep 2008
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Substitution treatment of injecting opioid users for prevention of HIV infection
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Injecting drug users are vulnerable to infection with HIV and other blood borne viruses as a result of collective use of injecting equipment as well as sexual behaviour. This review looks at original studies that reported the frequency or prevalence of ...
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Dec 2007
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Vaginal disinfection for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
The primary objective of this review of clinical and randomised studies is to estimate the effect of vaginal disinfection during labour on the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection in HIV infected women. The secondary objectives are to d...
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| Date: |
Aug 2005
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| Title: |
Nonoxynol-9 for preventing vaginal acquisition of HIV infection by women from men
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
The spermicide nonoxynol-9 does not prevent women becoming infected with sexually transmitted infections, and when used very frequently has been shown to cause open genital sores (which may theoretically increase the chance of acquiring sexually transmi...
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| Date: |
May 2002
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Condom effectiveness in reducing heterosexual HIV transmission
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Sexual intercourse and contact with contaminated blood products (e.g., intravenous drug use) account for the majority of HIV infections. The wearing of condoms during sexual intercourse has been promoted to reduce the infection and spread of sexually tr...
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Nov 2001
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