Global Campaign for Microbicides
{{Short description|American non-profit organization}}
Global Campaign for Microbicides (GCM) is a non-profit organization which promotes the development and use of microbicides to improve health. The campaign is housed at PATH in Seattle.
History
The Global Campaign for Microbicides was founded in 1998 at the XII International AIDS Conference.{{cite web |url=http://www.global-campaign.org/mission.htm |title=Global Campaign for Microbicides : History |first= |last= |work=global-campaign.org |year=2011 |quote=to |accessdate=20 November 2011 |archive-date=24 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224100911/http://www.global-campaign.org/mission.htm |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.thebody.com/content/art16563.html |title=Twenty-Nine Years of Women Living With HIV: Past, Present and Future - The Body |first= |last= |work=thebody.com |year=2011 |accessdate=20 November 2011 |archive-date=10 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010115220/http://www.thebody.com/content/art16563.html |url-status=live }} The GCM has awarded several grants, and reviewers include decorated reproductive endocrinologists such as Dr. John Jain.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
Projects
When the microbicide nonoxynol-9 was found to be associated with increased risk of contracting HIV, the GCM led an effort to raise awareness that it should not longer be used.{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Global+Campaign+for+Microbicides,+Scientists,+and+Health+Groups+Call...-a092089635 |title=Global Campaign for Microbicides, Scientists, and Health Groups Call for Removal of Nonoxyonol-9 From Condoms and Lubricants, Citing Increase in HIV Risk. |author=Business Wire |work=thefreelibrary.com |date=26 September 2002 |accessdate=20 November 2011 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305081226/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Global+Campaign+for+Microbicides,+Scientists,+and+Health+Groups+Call...-a092089635 |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.global-campaign.org/}}
{{Microbicides for sexually transmitted diseases}}
Category:Non-profit organizations based in Seattle