Eye On: Child-Friendly HIV Treatment

June 24, 2019

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Study for a child-friendly HIV treatment begins in Uganda

From the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative

 
The first patients have been enrolled in a potentially ground-breaking trial in Uganda for a capsule of granules containing four HIV drugs that can be easily administered to young children. Known as the ‘4-in-1,’ this sweet-tasting ‘fixed-dose combination’ could constitute a quantum leap in care for kids living with HIV, replacing a generation of sub-optimal HIV treatments that are difficult to give to children, or no longer recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) ... Read More

Image credit: Emmanuel Museruka/DNDi/Healthworkers in Uganda at the start of the LOLIPOP trial

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