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New HIV drug unveiled

Newly diagnosed HIV patients are now being initiated onto a new regimen of antiretroviral medication containing Dolutegravir (DTG), a drug which has significantly less side effects and is more affordable compared to the current line.
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Breakthrough in HIV prevention

By Paidamoyo Chipunza A vaginal ring containing an anti-retroviral (ARV) drug called dapivirine is safe for use and can prevent women from being infected with the HIV virus from an infected partner, two recent studies have shown.…
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Nurses can now put patients on ARV’s

Nurses in Zimbabwe are now allowed to put HIV-positive patients on antiretroviral drugs, a task that was previously reserved for doctors. All this courtesy of a change in the nurses’ scope of work introduced by the Nurses’ Council of…
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