PrEP Could Prevent About Three Million HIV Cases In Sub-Saharan Africa Over 10 Years, Study Says

Pre-exposure prophylaxis — the practice of HIV-negative people taking antiretroviral drugs before potential exposure to the virus — could prevent as many as three million new HIV cases over 10 years in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a study published online Wednesday in PLoS One, Reuters reports (Fox, Reuters, 9/18). [click link for full article]

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Filed under: HIV / AIDS on September 25th, 2007