IPM and the World Health Organization co-hosted “Country Preparedness for Microbicides in Developing Countries” at the Microbicides 2006 conference in Cape Town, South Africa (April 2006). Speakers discussed the timeline for microbicide introduction, the challenges to introduction and use at a country level and lessons to be learned from the introduction and use of the female condom.

Presentations

	Female Condom Programming in Zimbabwe: What do we know today? (pdf) Yasmin Madan, Population Services International
	Getting a microbicide into the field in South Africa: What would it take? (pdf) Saul Johnson, Lucy Connell, Riona Govender, David Nowitz, Vicci Tallis, Elizabeth McGrory
	Preparing for Access at the Country Level: Findings from Zambia and South Africa (pdf) Rick Hughes, JHPIEGO Saul Johnson, Health and Development Africa