Anti-HIV jab due in six weeks but funding cuts hollow out delivery system
Daily Maverick | 30.04.2026 18:13
South Africa’s uptake of the once-every-six-month HIV prevention jab, lenacapavir (LEN), will be heavily affected by the Trump administration’s funding cuts to the country, because it destroyed much of the infrastructure – such as community-based testing and field recruitment for HIV prevention services – needed to create demand for the medicine.
