Research shows medication vans could deliver a healthy drop in HIV infection rate

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Research shows medication vans could deliver a healthy drop in HIV infection rate
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“With millions needing treatment and not getting it, this community-based intervention could do a lot to help stop the spread of HIV.”

The vans, paid for by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, operated daily from 11am to 8pm in locations which included 11 communities in uMgungundlovu district, KwaZulu-Natal.

“With millions needing treatment and not getting it, this community-based intervention could do a lot to help stop the spread of HIV,” said lead author Ruanne Barnabas, from the University of Washington. The study was conducted in rural and peri-urban areas of high and medium HIV prevalence. In uMgungundlovu, which surrounds Pietermaritzburg, the HIV rate is 36%.

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