How a gene test can solve side effects linked to ARV drugs in Africa
Up to 50% of the people who take the efavirenz antiretroviral react particularly badly to it and need to change drug regimens.
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It will take more than $36 billion every year to end AIDS
Current epidemiological and financial trends suggest there's a major risk of a substantial shortfall in the funds required to sustain life-saving antiretroviral programmes.
How a drug can help prevent 5000 girls being infected with HIV every week
Young women in southern Africa are most at risk of becoming infected with HIV. If they take a pre-exposure prophylaxis like Truvada it could change their lives.
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