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Meet the first South African women to get the anti-HIV jab

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“I didn’t want to go the same route they had to go.” Amanda Roberts lost her mother to Aids in 2016. Now she’s one of the first people in SA to use the HIV prevention jab. Find out more on this WorldAIDSDay episode. | via Bhekisisa_MG

Mohale Moloi, Yolanda Mdzeke, Dylan Bush, Jessica Pitchford, Mia Malan and Ntuthuko GumbiLong-acting cabotegravir is a two-monthly jab that can prevent HIV infections through sex. It virtually nullifies people’s chances of contracting the virus and it’s more effective than the daily prevention pill that’s currently available in South Africa.

Who is this injection for? Anyone who’s worried about contracting the virus. But young African women stand to benefit the most because the jab eliminates the stress of taking a pill every day. we speak to CAB-LA’s manufacturer , the scientists who’ve been testing it and the first women in the country to use the jab.

 

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