Prevention is needed on all fronts to stem the tide of new HIV infectionsNew HIV infections are still a major driver of the epidemic. The study will also provide better understanding of people’s choices when it comes to the various HIV prevention methods. Professor Saiqa Mullick, director of implementation science at the Reproductive Health and HIV Institute at the University of Witwatersrand (Wits RHI), explains why it’s important to have many HIV prevention options. Another HIV prevention method on the cards for South Africans is the HIV prevention injection which was registered in December 2022. Women and girls need more control through discreet prevention tools and this is what PrEP ring offers them.