New Anti - HIV Gel Ready For Africa

A new Anti -HIV gel Is holding out the promise of being able to significantly reduce the spread of HIV on the African continent. It is an antiretroviral gel which contains Tenofovir, which has been proven to destroy HIV cells in the body. The biggest and most promising feature of the gel is that it's use can be completely controlled by women. It does not depend on the cooperation of males in any way in order to implement and achieve an effective result. Up until this point the hope of slowing down the spread of HIV in Africa has depended on mainly the use of condoms or abstinence. These are two options that all too often African men have been unwilling to practice. The new gel will be completely controlled and implemented by women and therefore will not require the cooperation of a male partner thereby taking men and their lack of cooperation totally out of the equation. In a recent study which was undertaken in South Africa the new HIV gel reduced the spread of the disease by almost 40% over almost a 3 year period in a study that involved nearly 1000 women. In another study where the gel was used both before and after intercourse the spread of HIV was reduced by almost 55%. It was also helpful in reducing the spread of Genital Herpes as well. While it is neither a cure nor a vaccine it is holding out the hope that the wild spread of the HIV virus in Africa can finally be put under some kind of control.