HIV infection has become a global health burden, has claimed over 32 million lives so far since the very first case of AIDS was reported in 1981. According to a report put forward by the WHO, HIV prevalence was reported to be around 37.9million by the end of 2018.
However, HIV has grown to pandemic proportions, Sub-Saharan Africa comes to be recognized as the majorly hit region. Residence of around 12% of the world’s population, HIV incidence in the region recorded is around 2/3rd of the total HIV infected population.
Increasing HIV prevalence has led to the governments, pharma players, researchers and NGOs to undertake initiatives to cure HIV and prevent ...