7 Aug 2026, 13:18 GMTBy info@africacheck.org (Africa Check)
[Africa Check] IN SHORT: Social media posts and AI-generated search results claim that 2 million doses of HIV medication have gone uncollected in South Africa in July 2026. But these claims are false. They have been shared without any supporting evidence, and promote false, dangerous stereotypes about migrants.
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- Experts have urged those who already received their first injection of the twice-yearly HIV preventing drug Lenacapavir to consider using combination prevention options, warning that the game changer injection is not a vaccine.
[U.S. Embassy Lilongwe] The United States government has delivered the first shipment of lenacapavir, a cutting-edge new HIV prevention medication, to Malawi. Chargé d'Affaires Jonathan Fischer handed over the first contribution of lenacapavir to Minister of Health Madalitso Baloyi at Lilongwe's Area 25 Health Center on July 2. The introduction of lenacapavir underscores continued U.S. leadership in promoting innovation, strengthening self-reliance, and supporting durable health systems, in accordance with the Trump
[SAnews.gov.za] The Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) has recorded a massive milestone in its Lenacapavir rollout programme, comfortably surpassing its targets in the very first month of rolling out the groundbreaking HIV prevention drug.
[New Times] Mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Rwanda has remained below 2 percent over the past decade, rising slightly to 1.1 percent from 0.9 percent in the previous year, according to the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) HIV, STIs, and Viral Hepatitis Annual Report 2024/2025.
29 Jun 2026, 12:40 GMTBy editor@health-e.org.za (Health-e)
[Health-e] Gauteng: When Mphonyana Mtamane arrived at Zola Clinic in Soweto on the morning of 27 May 2026, she was visibly injured, with bruises and scratches showing on her face and neck.