South Africa is expected to pilot the every-other-month HIV prevention shot soon. The injection could prevent as many as 52 000 new HIV infections in the next two decades, but to be cost-effective the price must fall to levels drugmaker ViiV Healthcare says are unrealistic. Laura Lopez Gonzalez reports.
South Africa is expected to begin piloting the every-other-month HIV-prevention shot early next year. New modelling shows that the injection could prevent as many as 52,000 new HIV infections in the next two decades if rolled out nationally. But to be cost-effective in SA, research suggests the.
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Geneva/Washington DC, 30 June 2022 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Unitaid today launched a five-year, US$ 2.6 million partnership to scale-up regional and national efforts to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of Chagas disease.