Strawberry-flavoured child HIV drug slashes cost: Unitaid

Geneva (AFP) Dec 1, 2020

A strawberry-flavoured HIV treatment for the 1.7 million children living with the virus will slash the cost of yearly paediatric drugs by three quarters, Unitaid announced on World AIDS Day. The dispersible HIV treatment is the first specifically made for children and will initially be available in six African countries in the first half of 2021, the global health development organisation sa