Fundación Ecuatoriana Equidad
Encyclopedia
Fundación Ecuatoriana Equidad is a non-profit organization
which promotes LGBT rights in Ecuador
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study, which was a clinical trial
testing the efficacy of a drug used as a pre-exposure prophylaxis
against HIV infection.
, a Dutch organization which promotes HIV education and gay rights.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
which promotes LGBT rights in Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
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Research
Fundación Ecuatoriana Equidad organized local volunteers to participate in the iPrExIPrEx
The iPrEx study was a double-blind, placebo controlled Phase III clinical trial that began in 2007 following three years of community consultation. iPrEx was the first human efficacy study of pre-exposure prophylaxis to report efficacy data. iPrEx was sponsored by the U.S...
study, which was a clinical trial
Clinical trial
Clinical trials are a set of procedures in medical research and drug development that are conducted to allow safety and efficacy data to be collected for health interventions...
testing the efficacy of a drug used as a pre-exposure prophylaxis
Pre-exposure prophylaxis
Pre-exposure prophylaxis is any medical or public health procedure used before exposure to the disease causing agent, its purpose is to prevent, rather than treat or cure a disease. An example would be if a doctor gave a medication used to treat a disease to a healthy person who is not thought to...
against HIV infection.
Partners
Fundación Ecuatoriana Equidad receives support from HivosHivos
Hivos is a Dutch organization for development co-inspired by humanist values. Hivos provides financial and political support to over 800 partner organizations in over 30 countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Southeastern Europe...
, a Dutch organization which promotes HIV education and gay rights.