Progress in HIV prevention

I'm happy to see this. I don't know how long such preventive measures have been in the works. It could be old news, for all I know, but it pleases me nonetheless.

Melinda Gates, wife of the Microsoft founder, said the ABC approach -- which stands for Abstinence, Be faithful and use Condoms -- does not always work.

"Abstinence is often not an option for poor women and girls who have no choice but to marry at an early age," she said.

"Being faithful will not protect a woman whose partner is not faithful. And using condoms is not a decision that a woman can make by herself; it depends on a man."

Melinda Gates said condoms do not encourage promiscuity, and she said people have to get over their embarrassment about helping sex workers, who are key to fighting the pandemic.

Thank God someone's taking a realistic, open-minded approach to this problem, and thank God someone's considering real, viable ways to help women, in Africa and elsewhere, protect themselves.