All of Africa Today - April 20, 2026
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Democratic Senators Press State Department on Conditioning HIV Aid on Economic Concessions [document]
United States Senate
Yesterday, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) sent a letter to Secretary of… Read more »
We Are Managing HIV With Selective Lenacapavir Roll-Out, Not Ending It
Health-e
South Africans are being told that providing a new HIV prevention tool (lenacapavir) to just about 456,000 people is a victory. It is not. In a country that still records hundreds… Read more »
Kazo Among Pilot Districts for Twice-Yearly HIV Prevention Injection Rollout
Nile Post
Kazo District has been selected among the first districts in Uganda to pilot a new long-acting HIV prevention injection as the country steps up efforts to reduce new infections. Read more »
Two-Month HIV Prevention Injection Set for Nationwide Rollout
New Times
The government is set to begin a nationwide rollout of a long-acting HIV prevention injection, Cabotegravir (CAB-LA), this week, following a successful one-year pilot phase. Read more »
Nigeria Rolls Out New HIV Prevention Injection, Restricts Use for Pregnant Women
Premium Times
The rollout, which will begin in eight states - Anambra, Ebonyi, Gombe, Kwara, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Benue, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)- is part of efforts to expand… Read more »
In Eswatini, an HIV Breakthrough Delivered
Global Fund
At 24, Sandra is building her future. Read more »
Angolan Parliament Approves in General the Comprehensive Response to HIV
ANGOP
The Bill on the Comprehensive Response to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) was approved in general on Friday in Luanda by the Members of the National Assembly. Read more »
TB, HIV - Govt Unveils $346m Funding Push, New Prevention Injection
Vanguard
Nigeria is ramping up efforts to eliminate tuberculosis,TB,and HIV as public health threats by 2030, with a bold shift toward domestic financing and the rollout of cutting-edge… Read more »
Our LEN Is Here. Now For Quality Checks in Ireland
Bhekisisa
SA's first consignment of the twice-a-year anti-HIV injection, lenacapavir — 37 920 doses — arrived last week at OR Tambo Airport via two… Read more »
Gilead Under Fire for Not Selling HIV Drug Lenacapavir to MSF
allAfrica
Pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences has come under mounting pressure after refusing to sell its breakthrough HIV prevention drug, lenacapavir, directly to… Read more »
HIV, TB, and Malaria On the Rise in Uganda, Says Equal Opportunities Commission
Nile Post
The Equal Opportunities Commission has raised serious concern over the increasing spread of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria in Uganda, particularly among people living in… Read more »
Injectable HIV Prevention Offers Hope, but Only If Discrimination Ends
New Times
Rwanda's nationwide rollout of long-acting injectable PrEP, Cabotegravir, marks a significant step forward in the fight against HIV/AIDS. However, this development highlights a… Read more »
HIV - What Nigeria's New Prevention Injection Means for Vulnerable Population
Leadership
For thousands of Nigerians who face a daily struggle to stay protected from HIV, the arrival of Lenacapavir, a long-acting injection taken just twice a year, signals a new chapter… Read more »
All of Africa Today - March 24, 2026
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