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The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released guidelines for using the antibiotic doxycycline as post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent sexually transmitted infections — an approach known as doxyPEP.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released guidelines for using the antibiotic doxycycline as post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent sexually transmitted infections — an approach known as doxyPEP.

Over the past four years South Africa has taken large strides in making HIV prevention pills available at public sector clinics, but uptake has not been as good as some may have hoped.

As POZ marks 30 years of service, we reflect on what’s next.

A new report, HIV Prevention: From Crisis to Opportunity shows that HIV infections continue to decline in countries that are part of the Global HIV Prevention Coalition (GPC) faster than in the rest of the world.

An injectable version of PrEP, which offers protection against the virus for up to two months, is rolled-out in Zambia

A long-lasting injection to protect people from HIV has been administered for the first time in Africa, in what experts have called one of the most important breakthroughs in the prevention of the disease to date.

South Africa — HIV’s Ground Zero — pilots the ring method, which can reduce the risk of infection by up to 50%

The jab, given every two months, has been offered on a non-profit basis, but it can’t compete with a cheap daily HIV-prevention pill

The health department says ViiV Healthcare’s newly announced non-profit price — between R540 and R570 per shot — for a two-monthly anti-HIV jab is more than four times what it can afford to pay.