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African studies explore reasons to start, stick with or stop PrEP

This year’s HIV Research for Prevention (HIVR4P) virtual conference featured a large number of sessions examining PrEP usage and discontinuation rates among a variety of users, especially in Africa. Many of the presentations looked at factors that worked as incentives to keep taking PrEP. There is interest in this because, despite higher initiation rates in a… Read More: African studies explore reasons to start, stick with or stop… »

A triumph for injectable PrEP, but a sobering result for oral PrEP

Women taking long-acting injections of cabotegravir had 89% fewer HIV infections than women prescribed daily PrEP pills in a landmark study conducted in seven African countries, Dr Sinead Delany-Moretlwe of the University of Witwatersrand told the virtual HIV Research for Prevention conference today. As conference co-chair Professor Sheena McCormack commented, the results are a triumph… Read More: A triumph for injectable PrEP, but a sobering result for… »