In a groundbreaking advance to curb the unfold of AIDS, twice-yearly injections have confirmed remarkably efficient at 100 % in stopping new infections amongst girls, in keeping with a research launched Wednesday within the New England Journal of Drugs.
Whereas there is no such thing as a treatment for HIV an infection, with higher analysis, remedy, care and efficient prevention, the menace can grow to be extra manageable and permit folks to dwell lengthy, more healthy lives.
HIV, a worldwide menace, is estimated to have claimed 42.three million lives so far. In accordance with WHO, by the tip of 2023, there have been 39.9 million folks residing with HIV and about 630,000 folks died from HIV-related causes.
This pioneering research concerned round 5,000 younger girls and women from South Africa and Uganda. None of them turned contaminated with the virus after contracting the an infection. In distinction, within the group of ladies who acquired each day preventive drugs, round 2% ended up contracting HIV from their contaminated sexual companions.
Salim Abdool Karim, director of an AIDS analysis centre in Durban, South Africa, who was not concerned within the analysis, praised the analysis, saying: “To see this stage of safety is astonishing.”
Already accepted for the remedy of HIV
The injections, offered as Sunlenca and manufactured by US drugmaker Gilead, are already accepted within the US, Canada and Europe for treating HIV, however analysis will now permit them to be examined to be used in stopping HIV infections.
The effectiveness of the injections in stopping infections may also be examined in males, after which the drug's producer would apply for permission to make use of them for preventive functions.
Why is HIV so lethal?
HIV assaults the immune system, making it susceptible to sure cancers and different lethal infections that individuals with wholesome immune programs can normally battle off. What makes HIV much more lethal is the truth that it can’t be cured. Because the illness progresses to AIDS, it might probably result in multi-system organ failure.
Different methods to stop HIV
To stop HIV, use condoms constantly, take pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP) each day if you’re at excessive danger, keep away from sharing needles, be sure to get common HIV testing and early remedy, and apply secure intercourse by limiting the variety of sexual companions and figuring out your HIV standing.
Whereas there is no such thing as a treatment for HIV an infection, with higher analysis, remedy, care and efficient prevention, the menace can grow to be extra manageable and permit folks to dwell lengthy, more healthy lives.
HIV, a worldwide menace, is estimated to have claimed 42.three million lives so far. In accordance with WHO, by the tip of 2023, there have been 39.9 million folks residing with HIV and about 630,000 folks died from HIV-related causes.
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This pioneering research concerned round 5,000 younger girls and women from South Africa and Uganda. None of them turned contaminated with the virus after contracting the an infection. In distinction, within the group of ladies who acquired each day preventive drugs, round 2% ended up contracting HIV from their contaminated sexual companions.
Salim Abdool Karim, director of an AIDS analysis centre in Durban, South Africa, who was not concerned within the analysis, praised the analysis, saying: “To see this stage of safety is astonishing.”
Already accepted for the remedy of HIV
The injections, offered as Sunlenca and manufactured by US drugmaker Gilead, are already accepted within the US, Canada and Europe for treating HIV, however analysis will now permit them to be examined to be used in stopping HIV infections.
The effectiveness of the injections in stopping infections may also be examined in males, after which the drug's producer would apply for permission to make use of them for preventive functions.
Why is HIV so lethal?
HIV assaults the immune system, making it susceptible to sure cancers and different lethal infections that individuals with wholesome immune programs can normally battle off. What makes HIV much more lethal is the truth that it can’t be cured. Because the illness progresses to AIDS, it might probably result in multi-system organ failure.
Different methods to stop HIV
To stop HIV, use condoms constantly, take pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP) each day if you’re at excessive danger, keep away from sharing needles, be sure to get common HIV testing and early remedy, and apply secure intercourse by limiting the variety of sexual companions and figuring out your HIV standing.