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Lobbyists pushing for vaping as a way to help people quit smoking insist taxing e-cigarettes like traditional tobacco products will lead down a similar path as the state-sanctioned project of denying HIV treatment to state patients.

Lobbyists pushing for vaping as a way to help people quit smoking insist taxing e-cigarettes like traditional smokes will lead down a similar path as the state-sanctioned project of denying HIV treatment to state patients. 

The Dapivirine Vaginal Ring is a much-needed addition to a proven HIV prevention method mix that also includes male and female condoms, daily oral PrEP, voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) and injectable cabotegravir (CAB) in some countries.

Previous research has shown low rates of use of HIV prevention products, but the tide could be turning.

Several HIV activists interviewed by Thabo Molelekwa say that access to the injection should be prioritised in South Africa.

An HIV-prevention injection taken every two months was recently approved in the US. Several HIV activists interviewed say that access to the injection should be prioritised in South Africa and that we need to do a better job in rolling out the injection than we did with the roll-out of preventi...

Study showed that having a range of options makes it more likely of there being one that will meet an individual’s needs and preferences and that it can and will be used.

But oral pre-exposure prophylaxis also gets support, study in Africa finds

Study shows the majority of women chose the vaginal ring over daily HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis pills.

The job was to drop paratroopers from a low-flying C-47 transport plane into Belguim...