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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Farai Mutsaka

A long-acting HIV drug arrives in Zimbabwe for some at highest risk

Zimbabwe New HIV Drug - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Young women, mothers holding babies and some men lined up in a dusty field on the outskirts of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. They came for injections of a new HIV prevention drug launched in the country on Thursday, one that only needs to be administered twice a year.

Zimbabwe, where HIV has led to tens of thousands of deaths over the past two decades, is one of the first countries to roll out lenacapavir, a long-acting drug that authorities hope will slow new infections.

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