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| | M-Power: AIDS India Conference, Chennai |
 | | Dr. Samuel said that Dr. MGR Medical University conducted a study at Namakkal, a small district 400 kilometers away from Chennai. |
 | | Dr.Samuel said that his Namakkal experience brought out several learning lessons that included the need for primary prevention of infection, behavioural modification of both : men and women, challenges in seeking informed consents (female autonomy, role of the husband), and also the role of the community, local authority, health ministry and big pharmaceuticals. |
 | | "Namakkal, is primed for microbicide research and acceptability study", were his concluding remarks. |
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