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HIV prevention pill to be made available at UniLim and UniVen

Truvada is an antiretroviral pill that reduces the risk of contracting HIV by at least 90% if taken daily.

POLOKWANE – The announcement was recently made by the Department of Higher Education and Training as part of its HIV and Aids programme.

Besides the University of Limpopo and the University of Venda, the following campuses will also have access to the pill: Nelson Mandela, Rhodes, Free State, Zululand and Vaal Technology.

HIV-negative students will be able to access the medication from specified campus health clinics at seven universities nationwide.

Truvada has been introduced in South Africa in pilot projects for gay and bisexual men, and to some HIV-negative sex workers, but has not been made available to young people before.

The Department of Health will use data from the university trials to assess the demand for a preventive treatment and whether people will use it or not.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon. – Tom Stoppard

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