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Wits researchers announce “breakthrough” HIV prevention treatment

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11 November 2020

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A new injection to prevent HIV/Aids may be available to women within the next 2 years.

Researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand says the medical break-through in the prevention of the virus, involves medication that’s injected every 8 weeks and is almost 90% more effective in preventing infection among women than existing oral drugs taken daily.

The findings were made in a study conducted over a period of years among more than 3 000 women in Southern Africa.

Head of research at the Wits Institute for Reproductive Health and HIV, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe says the new drug is called cabotegravir.

Read more here: https://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/research-news/2020/2020-11/hiv-study-shows-new-injection-is-more-effective-than-current-daily-hiv-pill-to-prevent-hiv-in-women.html

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