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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization-WHO on Thursday released new guidelines giving countries a green light to use long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV. The guidelines that were released ahead of the annual International AIDS Conference will support countries as they plan for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Injectable HIV drug cabotegravir has been found effective in offering protection against the disease if taken by HIV negative person as a form of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). In a large scale study code-named HPTN 083 that has been halted because of the coronavirus pandemic, a …