Anti-AIDS gel, developed under the brand name Ushercell, which was recently transpired as the savior of women against HIV/AIDS has been banned in Uganda as women using this anti-AIDS gel became infected at a higher rate than women not using it.
Previous studies conducted to know its effectiveness had dubbed this gel effective in HIV/AIDS prevention. However, now it has been found turning women more susceptible to HIV/AIDS infection.
It is worth mentioning that this is not the first time that products made to prevent HIV/ AIDS have come out with great failure since earlier too trials of the spermicide nonoxynol-9 were stopped following reports that it was increasing the risk of HIV infection.
In such a situation declaration by Family Health International that women who got infected during trials would be given drugs to control it, is indeed quite ironic. The question arises, should the duty of Family Health International be considered complete after this? Second burning question is that how far such studies are reliable because where one study depicts a particular drug quite effective while the second one depicts that quite ineffective. And in this confusion innocents are being victimized.
Image credit: Agencia Aids
Via: All Africa
