Letters are welcome via e-mail to [email protected] AIDSSIR – You dismiss the ABC (Abstinence, Be faithful, Condoms) approach to AIDS prevention as "a slap in the face to many" ("Too much morality, too little sense", July 30th).
Emphasis on the ABC (abstinence, be faithful, use condoms) approach as a preferred framework for HIV/AIDS prevention programming neglects issues of power and abuse that preclude many people (especially women) from being able to make their own decisions to use ABC.
Furthermore, since the tactic is peer driven, it may empower individuals to take control of their behavior, develop a non-condom-based approach for communal, shared responsibility to prevent HIV transmission, and ultimately transform serosorting from a guessing game into a strategy based on objective evidence.
Only a few sites encouraged an explicit, standardised "no condom no sex" approach [ 36, 46].
The teens have a lackadaisical at best approach to condom use as is.
We must prevent new infections: While treatment as prevention has proven one of the most powerful tools for reducing HIV infection, we must support and maintain other proven approaches, including condom use, syringe exchange programs, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and many more.
The second day of the training focused on the importance of patient referral, prevention approaches including condom use, and discussion on the national syndromic STI management guidelines to introduce suggested treatment options for major STI syndromes.
There's something gloriously British, almost Adrian Mole-ish, about our approach to the condom.
The FDA draft guidance as well as our approach suggest that condom use is recommended in case a teratogenic risk remains unknown/uncertain or in case a risk of male-mediated developmental toxicity has been determined to exist.
