Health Ministry Launches Vaginal Rings to Help in HIV/Aids Prevention CapitalFMKenya: Kenya
Speaking at the launch of the Catalyst Study Program in Kisumu on Monday, Health Director General Patrick Amoth said teenage girls and young women account for almost a third of all new infections and Kenya needs to adapt local technologies to aid in HIV prevention.
"Ours is now to prioritize how we can put more investment into HIV prevention and other public health inventions but also to be able to develop inventions that will be able to give us more health according to every shilling that we spend in these activities and you know in preventive when you spend one dollar then you are able to save 14 dollars," Amoth said.
Since there is currently no HIV vaccine in development, researchers are instead focusing on other breakthroughs like injectable PrEP and vaginal rings that they hope may lead to more effective HIV preventive and treatment options.
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