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New ARV injections to replace daily pills, reduce defaulters

Ugandan HIV activists Barbara Kemigisa shows Antiretroviral (ARV) packagings and tablets in an art design encouraging people infected with HIV to use the ARVs and fight against stigmatisation during the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 at KICC. [David Gichuru, Standard]

Local medical experts have welcomed the approval of an ARV injection which will replace the daily pills for people with HIV.

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