With over 3 600 Western Cape users, lenacapavir is “cool”
At Cape Town’s Philippi Village, beside a rainbow-emblazoned mobile clinic, Olwam Plaatjie says she switched from the two-monthly cabotegravir HIV prevention injection to the six-monthly...
Lenacapavir
The Department of Health announced that three local pharmaceutical firms are in the running to produce Gilead’s HIV injection.
There is still a lot of work to be done in getting South Africans and clinics used to the administration of the so-called HIV ‘wonder...
Some pieces falling into place for monthly HIV prevention pill, but key data not yet in
In June, South Africa’s health department started rolling out the six-monthly lenacapavir HIV prevention injection to around 10% of public sector clinics. While the rollout of this jab still has a long...
South Africa moves to eliminate HIV threat with Lenacapavir rollout
Making the HIV prevention medicine available to South Africans was one of the commitments the President made in the State of the Nation Address (SONA)...
Health Minister Motsoaledi unveils tech-driven strategy to combat
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says South Africa is entering a new era of healthcare innovation that could dramatically change the fight against HIV, tuberculosis, and...