Jab link to HIV to be tested

01 December 2015 - 02:15
By Katharine Child

The long-awaited trial that plans to answer whether a contraceptive injection increases a woman's risk of contracting HIV is set to begin this month. Since 2012 scientists have debated whether the progesterone injection, the most commonly used contraceptive in sub-Saharan Africa, may make women more susceptible to the virus.

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