Kenyans could, before the end of this
year, have access to a drug that protects them
from HIV infection in what is seen as a major
breakthrough in the fight against Aids.
About 1,000 commercial sex workers are
already using the newly-approved HIV/Aids
combination therapy drug Truvada
(emtricitabine and tenofovir), ahead of its
rollout later this year.
Known as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and
used as an antiretroviral drug, Truvada works
by inhibiting the key enzyme, reverse
transcriptase, which the HIV virus needs to
infect host cells, and effectively blocks
infection.
Pre-exposure prophylaxis means the drug is
taken before exposure to risk of infection.
Once taken, the drug is effective for eight
hours.
Kenya approved the drug last year, becoming
the second country in Africa, after South Africa,
to allow its use.
Three organisations are conducting
demonstration trials on the drug for one year
in Nairobi, Kisumu and Homa Bay.
The Sex Worker Outreach Programme
(SWOP) provides male and female sex workers
with daily doses of Truvada in Nairobi and
Kisumu.
Liverpool VCT Care and Treatment is conducting
its demonstration trials in Nairobi, Kisumu and
Homa Bay, and Centre for Disease Control and
Prevention is conducting trials in Homa Bay.
BWAHAHAHA!!! for those of you still using a wood fire to cook bears in a cave, i jus wanna let you know that they been using this drug for a while and a guy who was a faithful user of it was infected! … soooooooooooo yeah
[I]"Evidence suggests that the individual in question, a 43-year-old man who has sex with men, adhered well to PrEP over the long-term. Nevertheless, after 24 months on Truvada he tested positive for HIV. Initial tests indicated that he was acutely (very recently) infected: He tested positive for the p24 antigen, which appears within about three weeks of HIV infection and disappears a few weeks afterward; and at that time he tested negative for HIV antibodies, which typically appear two to eight weeks after infection.
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Pharmacy records indicated that the man in the case study had consistently filled his Truvada prescription on schedule. Dried blood-spot testing on a sample taken 16 days after he tested positive for HIV indicated that he had adhered well to Truvada during the previous one to two months, a period that overlapped with the estimated time when he contracted the virus."[/I]
There are always exceptions to every rule… Still, I don’t advocate for DF with reckless abandon… HIV or not. Also, the way the Nation article is written leaves alot to be desired. It has very scanty background information on the drug.
Yes yes i agree. Mhm yes. Science has proven that only the gay male buttock holds this “AIDS” which, to be honest, i feel was made up BY THE ZIONISTS WHO TWIST THE TRUTH TO ENSLAVE US AND USE FAST FOODS TO BRING THE OBESITY WHICH IS KILLING OUR CHILDREN!
This is a good step in the fight against HIV/AIDS. I believe a vaccine for HIV is in the horizon. I was reading that Charlie Sheen is undergoing some treatment that makes the HIV virtually undetectable.
I actually envy you… mimi naogopa kujiweka in a tempting situation coz najua ikifika hapo mimi nitapepeta vitu then baadaye ndo naanza kushika tama. So kwangu dawa ni ku avoid such tricky situations na kubeba cd nikijua kuna any hopes ya bendera kuangushwa.
