Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2025 (AFP) - Groundbreaking HIV prevention shots begin in Africa

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2025-12-01

South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia on Monday began administering a groundbreaking new HIV-prevention injection in the drug's first public rollouts in Africa, which has the world's highest HIV burden. Lenacapavir, which is taken twice a year, has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV transmission by more than 99.9 percent, making it functionally akin to a powerful vaccine. In South Africa, where one in five adults lives with HIV, a Wits University r......

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