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Why Kenya will roll out injectable HIV preventive drug next year

Director General for Health in the Ministry of Health Dr Patrick Amoth at Afya House on April 1, 2025. [Standard, Kanyiri Wahito]

Kenya will begin rolling out Lenacapavir, a World Health Organisation-approved HIV preventive drug, in 2026 to allow time for the development of national rollout guidelines and determination of eligibility criteria.

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