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Twice-yearly injection offers 100% protection against HIV
Researchers reported no infections in the young women and girls who got the shots in a study of about 5,000 in South Africa and Uganda.
Xolile Mhlanga at the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation's Masiphumelele Research Site.Nardus Engelbrecht / APWhile there are other ways to prevent HIV infection, like condoms or daily pills, consistent use has been a problem in Africa. The prospect of a twice-a-year shot is “quite revolutionary news” for our patients, said Thandeka Nkosi, who helped run the Gilead research at the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation in Masiphumelele, South Africa. She said her organization urged Gilead to share Sunlenca’s patent with a U.N.-backed program that negotiates broad contracts allowing generic drugmakers to make cheap versions of drugs for poorer countries worldwide.
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