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@kfm Tue, 24 Oct 2023 05:38:23

Govt to roll out injectable HIV drug

By Tonny Abet In less than three months, Uganda is expected to join three other African countries where an injectable drug has been approved for HIV/Aids prevention. News of the significant development was revealed yesterday by the Uganda Aids Commission (UAC), hailing it as an effective, safe and more user-friendly disease prevention measure compared to existing options. The long-lasting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) has been confirmed to be effective and is already being con- sidered as key to national efforts to reduce the health burden of HIV/Aids, which claimed 17,000 lives in Uganda last year. Speaking in an interview in Kampala on Monday, Dr Daniel Byamukama, head of the HIV prevention division at the Commission, said UAC plans to roll out […]

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