• Head of Public Health, Co-Head HIV Elimination Program, Head of Justice Health Research, Burnet Institute
Research has shown tenofovir, a drug used to prevent sexually transmitted HIV, is also effective in preventing HIV infections caused by sharing needles. Shutterstock/Kidsana Maimeetook

Preventive drug could reduce HIV transmission among injecting drug users

An international trial testing a preventive drug treatment for HIV nearly halved the rates of HIV transmission among injecting drug users. Injecting drug use causes one in ten new HIV infections worldwide…

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