Public health conflicts in contraception and HIV transmission

This article applies a framework for managing ethical challenges in public health practice to the issues of HIV prevention and prevention of unplanned pregnancy in high-risk groups, focusing specifically on the implications of the finding that certain hormonal contraceptives might increase rates of HIV transmission. Given poor utilisation of barrier contraceptive methods for women at risk of HIV, appeal to population-level utility may call into question the wisdom of removing the one practical and highly effective pregnancy prevention system in the region.
Source: Reproductive Health Matters - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research