{"id":27815,"date":"2026-03-05T13:09:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=27815"},"modified":"2026-03-05T13:09:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:09:30","slug":"lesotho-chosen-as-one-of-nine-nations-to-trial-new-hiv-prevention-drug","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/lesotho-chosen-as-one-of-nine-nations-to-trial-new-hiv-prevention-drug\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesotho chosen as one of nine nations to trial new HIV prevention drug"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Lesotho has been selected among the nine countries that will be piloting the new HIV prevention drug.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Lenacapavir\u00a0is an injection taken twice a year as preventative measure against HIV Infection.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Through the assistance of the Global Health Fund, Lesotho will be able to start a rollout across 50 clinics a nationally.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Lesotho has made significant strides in the fight against HIV\/AIDS.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">While the country has reached and surpassed the World Health globe standards, it is the new infection rate that erodes all the gains made.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The media sector has been among the first to get the training on how the new Lenacapavir innovation will bridge the prevention gap.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div>HIV prevention remains high on Lesotho&#8217;s priorities, hence the need to partner with the media sector for critical message dissemination.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23887,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-27815","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Lesotho will be piloting the new HIV prevention drug","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27816,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27815\/revisions\/27816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=27815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}