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Why Healthy Teens Are Taking A Daily Anti-AIDS Pill

Studies have shown that taking daily doses of an anti-AIDS drug offers an extremely high level of protection against HIV. If taken correctly and consistently, the pill is nearly 100 percent effective in blocking transmission of the virus. Researchers call the technique pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP.

"I know the experience of HIV," says 18-year-old Catherine Msimango, who has lost several close relatives to AIDS and takes the pill. "I don't want to get there."