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AIDS: UN hails the performance of an injectable antiretroviral for women

2020-11-09T20:20:37.482Z


According to a study by UNAIDS, the risk of HIV infection is nine times lower in women with cabotegravir than with the daily pill PrEP.


The UN agency for the fight against AIDS welcomed the results of an antiretroviral, cabotegravir, which is injected every two months on Monday, November 9, to protect women against the AIDS virus.

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A study shows that injections are 89% more effective in preventing HIV compared to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) pills taken daily,

" said the agency in a statement.

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These results are extremely important.

UNAIDS has long called for additional acceptable and effective HIV prevention options for women and this could be a game-changer

, ”says Winnie Byanyima, UNAIDS Executive Director.

If donors and countries invest to distribute injectable PrEP to women who are at greater risk of HIV infection, new infections could be drastically reduced,

” she said.

According to UNAIDS, the clinical trial involved 3,200 women at high risk of infection between the ages of 18 and 45 in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Eswatin, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

The trial was stopped early because the data clearly showed the superiority of the injections over the daily ingestion of a pill.

Four HIV infections occurred among women who received the injections compared to 34 among those who took the pill.

The risk of HIV infection was nine times lower with cabotegravir than with the daily pill

,” the statement said.

UNAIDS sees these injections as an alternative to taking a daily pill, wearing a condom or abstaining.

The development of alternative methods to prevent HIV infection, and less restrictive methods than what is currently available, will increase choice in AIDS prevention, and uptake by women and reduce the number infections,

”insisted the press release.

As with the Covid-19 vaccine, we now need to make sure that these injections that can save life are available, financially accessible and equitably distributed to the people who will use them,

” said Winnie Byanyima.

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