Antiretroviral Vaginal Ring Receives Regulatory Approval in East, Southern Africa

The Population Council, a global health research company says the dapivirine vaginal ring — a flexible silicone that slowly releases the antiretroviral drug into a woman’s vagina over a month — received regulatory approval for use in 11 countries across East and southern Africa. For more, host of VOA’s Healthy Living Linord Moudou spoke to Anita Garg, the senior director for strategy and commercial relations at the Population Council.