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Microbicide Trials Network (MTN)

The NICHD Pediatric, Adolescent, and Maternal AIDS (PAMA) Branch recently assumed responsibility for the NICHD’s biomedical microbicide research agenda for HIV prevention. The Institute will implement much of this agenda through its co-funding of the recently established MTN.

The MTN, funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the NICHD PAMA Branch, and the National Institute of Mental Health, seeks to develop and implement clinical trials to identify one or more effective microbicides for the prevention of HIV transmission. Of special interest to the NICHD are studies in adolescents and issues related to including pregnant women in microbicide studies.

For more information on the MTN, visit http://www.mtnstopshiv.org/.