The nearly 3 million children in sub-Saharan Africa who are living with HIV — the virus that causes AIDS — can be treated with one of two drugs to suppress the virus.

Nevirapine is the drug of choice in most of those countries, because it costs less than the other - efavirenz - and is more widely available in a formula for children. However, a new study by researchers in Philadelphia and Botswana comparing the effectiveness of the two drugs found that initial treatment with efavirenz … [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: Economy and Finance