President to lead Lenacapavir roll out in Secunda

President Cyril Ramaphosa and Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi will roll out the anti-HIV injection, Lenacapavir in Secunda, Mpumalanga on Friday.

High risk group for HIV will be the first to receive the jab. And these vulnerable communities such as sex workers, adolescent girls, young women and men who have sex with men, have urged government to provide adequate education on the injection.

Lenacapavir is an injection given to HIV negative individuals twice a year to prevent infection.

The country has approved and received the first batch, compresing of over 37 thounsand doses donated by the Global Fund.


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