Experts Cite Distribution as Key in Fighting H.I.V. - New York Times: "TORONTO, Aug. 15 — Large studies of an array of promising new ways to prevent H.I.V. are nearing completion, but the world is unprepared to make them widely available to the hundreds of millions of people at risk of becoming infected, an international panel of experts reported here today.

Findings from some studies, like those assessing the effectiveness of microbicides and male circumcision, are expected within the next five years, some possibly in about a year, the panel said at the 16th International Conference on AIDS."