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Popular birth control injection linked to HIV

The locally popular injectable birth control method, Depo Provera, has yet again been linked to higher HIV infections in women.

A new study presented at the International Aids Conference in Melbourne, Australia last Thursday, which had covered 37,000 women says the use of the injection puts users at a high risk of HIV infection.

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