AIDS is an appalling problem for sub-Saharan Africa and any glimmer of hope that something can be done is extremely welcome. Alan Stone, an eminent consultant to the British charity International Family Health, provided such a glimmer recently (Â鶹´«Ã½, 8 February, p 42). Microbicides, he says, can be used to create vaginal medications that help prevent HIV transmission during sex. I asked Clare Short, the Secretary of State for International Development, if her department has a policy to encourage the use of microbicides in developing countries.
Short replied enthusiastically that Stone has made outstanding contributions to women’s health…
