Zimbabwe: 'Gender Violence Adversely Affects War On HIV'

24 October 2016

New findings presented at the HIV Research for Prevention 2016 conference currently underway in Chicago, United States have revealed how social harms such as gender-based violence, especially intimate partner violence have a negative effect on adherence. As a result of intimate partner violence, some women under the ASPIRE study stopped using the ring.

The findings presented by the Microbicides Trials Network (MTN) here said of the 2 629 women enrolled in ASPIRE study, a large HIV prevention trial of a monthly vaginal ring, 5 percent (85 participants) reported that they were subject to and feared intimate partner violence.

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