November 9, 2020 - HealthTimes

Bimonthly Injectable PrEP More Effective Than Daily Oral PrEP- New Study

November 9, 2020 Healthtimes

BIOMONTHLY injectable Pre Exposure Profilaxes (PrEP) has been found to be more effective than daily oral PrEP in preventing HIV acquisition among cisgender women, according to newly released interim results from the landmark HPTN 084 study. According to the study, cabotegravir was 89% more effective than daily oral FTC/TDF for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The early study unblinding for superior efficacy in this prevention trial in women follows results reported earlier this year from a companion study (HPTN 083) that also established long-acting cabotegravir’s superiority to daily oral PrEP in preventing…

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Doctors Without Border (MSF) Challenges COVID-19 Myths With New Quiz Challenge App

November 9, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

A new app that encourages people to behave safely if someone in their family or community catches COVID-19 has been launched by international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in association with software developer Pixel Impact. HealthTimes Taking the form of an interactive quiz challenge, users of the COVID Challenge app are presented with a range of colourfully illustrated scenarios and given a choice of ways to respond. The topics covered are practical and wide-ranging, including how to interact with someone with COVID symptoms, how to share a…

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Zimbabwe Opens School Classes Despite Increase in New COVID-19 Infections

November 9, 2020 Healthtimes

ZIMBABWE today, November 9, 2020 resumes all school classes from Early Childhood Development (ECD) up to Advanced level in line with government set schedule. HealthTimes Brief The resumption of classes however comes at a time Zimbabwe is recording increased cases of COVID-19 with majority of them being local transmissions. According to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) daily COVID-19 update of November, 8, 2020, recovery rate has dropped from a high of 95% in the past few weeks to 93%, with daily infection rate rising to 5.6% 33…

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