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For additional available photos of trial activities, view
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A counselor explains condom use to a participant
in the Carraguard® Phase 3 clinical trial.
Photo credit: Bev Symmonds/Population Council |
A participant in the Carraguard trial receives a
supply of gel applicators.
Photo credit: Bev Symmonds/Population Council |
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Potential trial participants are briefed by a
study counselor.
Photo credit: Bev Symmonds/Population Council |
A technician reads test results for a sexually
transmitted disease.
Photo credit: Bev Symmonds/Population Council |
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Blood samples are packed for
shipping to the testing laboratory. Photo credit: Bev Symmonds/Population Council |
Participants undergo regular
checkups, including blood tests . . .
Photo credit: Bev Symmonds/Population Council |
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. . . and a blood pressure reading as part of the standard medical
exam.
Photo credit: Bev Symmonds/Population Council |
The Council has conducted microbicide testing in many
parts of the world, including in the United
States. Here a woman enters data from a study in Thailand.
Photo credit: Melissa May/Population Council |
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Community Advisory Group members have worked with
Council staff to ensure that the Carraguard study team was responsive to local concerns.
Photo credit: Melissa May/Population Council |
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These applicators contain Carraguard,
the Council's first-generation candidate microbicide—a
colorless, odorless, tasteless gel.
Photo credit: Karen Tweedy-Holmes/ Population Council |
All photos © The Population
Council, Inc.
