For the first time, university and college students will be able to obtain Truvada, an HIV prevention medicine.
The Higher Education and Training HIV & AIDS (HEAIDS) nationwide program revealed this on Tuesday. Truvada is an antiviral tablet that, when taken daily, reduces the risk of getting HIV by at least 90%.
HIV-negative students at seven institutions will be able to obtain the drug through campus health centers that have been approved. Nelson Mandela University Rhodes University University of Limpopo University of the Free State University of Venda University of Zululand and Vaal University of Technology are the universities.
The rollout is basically an experiment that will provide information to the national health administration about if there is a need for such preventive medicine and whether people will utilize it.
Truvada has been made available to young people in South Africa through pilot clinics for gay and bisexual males as well as some HIV-negative sex workers.
What Is the Price of Truvada?
It is accessible in South Africa’s private health sector for roughly R250 per month, and the health department gives it for free at demonstration sites to high-risk populations such as sex workers, men who have sex with males, and young women.
What is the cost of a 30-day supply of Truvada?
Without insurance, a month’s supply of Truvada costs roughly 30 255,44 South African Rand.
The expense will be covered by the majority of private health insurance companies, Medicare, and Medicaid.
However, private insurers may demand substantial copayments, which are the amounts you must pay out of cash for the drug.
Is Truvada available at a pharmacy?
Truvada for PrEP can be purchased via NurxTM, your local pharmacy, or a healthcare clinic.
Truvada is a prescription-only medicine intended to help minimize your risk of developing HIV.
When combined with other safer sex practices, it is extremely effective when taken on a daily basis.
What precisely is Truvada?
Truvada is one of numerous drugs now available for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus infection.
Truvada is currently being used to help people avoid contracting HIV.
Doctors call the use of Truvada to prevent HIV infection “pre-exposure prophylaxis” or “PrEP.”
