Teleconference Materials - 2007
Design of Phase 1 Rectal Microbicide Studies w/ PROVISIONAL update on 1st RM trial
December 13, 2007
Teleconference with Dr. Peter Anton.
IRMA Survey on Lubes Used for Anal Sex: Preliminary Results
November 8, 2007
Teleconference with Marc-Andre LeBlanc and Ryan Murphy.
Starpharma's VivaGel and it's relationship to the concept of rectal microbicides
October 2, 2007
Teleconference with Dr. Jeremy Paull of Starpharma of Melbourne, Australia. Click here for minutes from the call.
Off the Map: How HIV/AIDS Programming is Failing Same-Sex Practicing People in Africa
June 25, 2007
Teleconference with Cary Alan Johnson (click here for his PowerPoint presentation in PDF format), Senior Specialist for Africa at the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and the author of this report. Click here for minutes from the call.
Heterosexual Anal Intercourse and the Developing Country HIV Epidemic
May 10, 2007
Teleconference with Dr. Tim Farley of the World Health Organization. Click here for minutes from the call.
Talk Dirty to Me... But Keep the Message Clean and Simple
March 30, 2007
Teleconference featured Steering Committee Member Roy Wadia, Director of Communications for the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control in Vancouver. Click here for the minutes from that call.
amfAR - Funding for Rectal HIV Transmission and Microbicides Research"
March 7, 2007
Teleconference featured the Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) and described the excting, new research on rectal HIV transmission funded in amfAR’s most recent round.. Projects cover biomedical as well as social and behavioral sciences. Dr. Rowena Johnston, amfAR Vice President of Research, presented. Click here for the minutes from that call.
Male Circumcision
January 19, 2007
Teleconference on male circumcision featured presentations from Dr. Tim Farley (WHO - Geneva) and Dean Peacock (Sonke Gender Justice Project - South Africa.) Click here for minutes from that call.
Addtional male circumcision info of interest
Click here for Male Circumcision: for prevention of HIV transmission: what the new data mean for HIV prevention in the United States by Sullivan, Kilmarx and Peterman writing in PloS Med
Click here for Male Circumcision: Implications for Women as Sexual Partners and Parents by Catherine Hankins for Reproductive Health Matters
Click here for Male Circumcision, In So Many Words by Sofia Gruskin for
Reproductive Health Matters
Click here for The New Evidence on Male Circumcision: An Indian Perspective for
Reproductive Health Matters
Click here for Male Circumcision and HIV Prevention: The Research Evidence and Some Critical Responses - a roundtable for Reproductive Health Matters
Click here for Male Circumcision and HIV Prevention: Research Implications for Policy and Programming WHO/UNAIDS Technical Consultation 6-8 March 2007 for
Reproductive Health Matters
Click here for Delivery of Male Circumcison Services: "Festina Lente" - a roundtable for Reproductive Health Matters
Click here for Male Circumcision and HIV Prevention: Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality by Marge Berer for Reproductive Health Matters
Click here for Male Circumcision and HIV Prevention: Is There Really Enough of the Right Kind of Evidence by Gary Dowsett and Murray Couch for Reproductive Health Matters.
Click here for "Just a snip?": A Social History of Male Circumcision by Peter Aggleton for Reproductive Health Matters.
Click here for the April 9, 2007 statement on adult male circumcision and HIV prevention from the NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Frieden.
Click here for the April 6, 2007 statement on adult male circumcision and HIV prevention from Gay Men's Health Crisis.
WHO and UNAIDS announced recommendations from expert consultation on male circumcision for HIV prevention, March 28, 2007.
*The AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition's Clearinghouse page on male circumcision for HIV prevention, a comprehensive information source on male circumcision as an HIV prevention tool.
*The Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project's briefing paper titled "How did cirumcision prevent HIV in clinical trials in Africa... and what does it mean for the United States?"
*Click here for "Male Circumcision and HIVAIDS: Opportunities and Challenges," a fascinating review commissioned by the Ford Foundation.
