NEW: Drug to prevent HIV gets the official nod

Finally‚ South Africans who have risky sex can take a pill to prevent them getting HIV‚ after the pill known as Truvada was approved by the Medicines Control Council.

The control council said on Tuesday it had approved the drug at a recent November meeting. It is already used in combination with another antiretroviral (ARV) as treatment for HIV‚ but has not been licensed legally for prevention.


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