Download center

Welcome to the CBAS download center! In order to help support the information sharing and advocacy activities of CBAS members and others who are interested in cervical barriers, CBAS has developed materials and compiled information for the download center. All of these materials can be replicated for use in different contexts.

CBAS encourages you to share any new materials that you develop or new ideas that you implement so that we can all learn and benefit from your experiences. You can contact CBAS at info@cervicalbarriers.org.

Materials

The download center includes the following general categories of materials:
Fact sheets & FAQ | Presentations | Articles and Reference Literature | Articles from Other Sources

CBAS poster (pdf)

Downloadable images of cervical barriers are also available.

Download the most recent CBAS newsletter

Fact sheets & FAQ

• What CBAS users want to know
• FAQ on cervical barriers (pdf)
• FAQ on clinical trials for HIV STI prevention methods (pdf)
• Nonoxynol-9 (N-9) Fact Sheet (pdf)
• MIRA Key Findings and Publications
• UPDATED! MIRA fact sheet (pdf)
• CAPS fact sheet on barrier methods (pdf)
• Contraception report (diaphragm use) (pdf)
• Contraception report (cervical cap use) (pdf)
• Global Campaign for Microbicides handouts
  • FAQ on microbicides (word doc)
  • Microbicides in the pipeline (word doc)
  • Women’s risk for HIV/AIDS (word doc)
  • Nonoxynol-9 (word doc)

Presentations

• International Women's Summit: Women's Leadership on HIV and AIDS presentations and notes
  1. HIV Prevention : Why we need more options for women (powerpoint ppt)
  2. Implementing Male and Female Condom Programmes at the Community Level: Experiences from Nigeria and Zimbabwe (powerpoint ppt)
  3. HIV Prevention Research and Implementation: Challenges and Opportunities on the Horizon (powerpoint ppt)
• General cervical barriers presentation (powerpoint ppt)
• NEW! Spanish language General cervical barriers presentation (EN ESPANOL) (powerpoint ppt)
• General microbicides presentation (from the Global Campaign for Microbicides) (powerpoint ppt)
• Reproline presentation on the diaphragm (powerpoint ppt)
• Regulatory Barriers Presentation (N Lince, IAC 2004) (powerpoint ppt)
• Diaphragm Renaissance presentations
  • Duerr – Cervical STI (pdf)
  • Mauck – Research and trials (pdf)
  • Wira – HIV virology (pdf)
  • Pollard – Regulatory issues (pdf)
  • Anderson – HIV immunology (pdf)
  • Vail – Access (pdf)
  • Moore – Policy and advocacy (pdf)
  • Ortayli – Provider factors (pdf)
  • Roy – Cervical anatomy (pdf)
  • Newcomer – Acceptability (pdf)
  • Moench – Cervical barriers and microbicides (pdf)
  • Rosenberg – Microbicides timeline (pdf

Articles and reference literaturE

• RH Reality Check: HIV prevention methods for women
• The South African Journal of HIV Medicine: An update on female-controlled methods for HIV prevention: female condom, microbicides and cervical barriers (pdf)
• Microbicide Quarterly article: Clinical trials examining cervical barriers as potential methods for prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (pdf).
• Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) newsletter article: Women and girls need more STI/HIV prevention options (pdf)
• Women-controlled methods for preventing HIV & other sexually transmitted infections (pdf)
• One choice is no choice: The need for female-controlled HIV prevention tools for women and girls worldwide (pdf)
• Reproductive Health Supply News April/May 2005 (with article on MIRA trial) (pdf)
• SAfAIDS News Dec 2004 (with article on cervical barriers) (pdf)
• Nov 2004 updated annotated bibliography of diaphragm references (pdf)
• American Sexuality Magazine: Cervial barrier methods: Expanding womens options for HIV/STI prevention
• The Women's Health Activist: Cervical barrier methods: a new role for old devices? (pdf)
• Select publications on cervical barriers (Word doc - pdf)
• Annotated Bibliography from Diaphragm Renaissance 2002 (pdf)
• Outlook Feb 2003 article on cervical barrier methods (pdf)
  Copyright © 2003, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH). All rights reserved. The material in this document may be freely used for educational or noncommercial purposes, provided that the material is accompanied by an acknowledgement line.

Articles from Other Sources

• American Prospect Online: Barrier Methods: Could a redesigned diaphragm become popular with American women, but also save lives in HIV-ravaged nations?
• The Disappearing Diaphragm