Young Women Can Now Protect Themselves Against HIV

12 June 2017

Caprisa's director, Dr. Salim Abdool Karim, says now women can protect themselves against HIV by using a drug called Truvada. According to Dr. Karim, the incidence rate for HIV continues to be unacceptably high, particularly among young women as they bear the brunt of the HIV epidemic and continue to have the highest rate of HIV in South Africa. 

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