Africa: ‘One Injection Protects Up to Six Months’ – What Is New HIV Drug Lenacapavir?

Africa: ‘One Injection Protects Up to Six Months’ – What Is New HIV Drug Lenacapavir?

As South Africa becomes the ninth African country to introduce the use of new long-acting drug lenacapavir for HIV prevention, RFI spoke with infectious disease specialist Ndong Essomba Bitchoka about how the treatment works, whether the supply will meet demand and why developing an HIV vaccine remains a challenge. New long-acting antiretroviral treatment lenacapavir requires…

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Africa: ‘One Injection Protects Up to Six Months’ – What Is New HIV Drug Lenacapavir?

Africa: U.S. Analyst Says GERD Inauguration Marks a Major Injection of Energy for Africa

Addis Ababa — Ethiopia has set an excellent example for the rest of the African continent through the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a new benchmark for regional integration, an internationally respected American analyst, Lawrence Freeman, said. The dam, with a 5,150 megawatt of hydroelectric power to the East African nation, was inaugurated on Tuesday…

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