Post #54398 — AllAfrica (@allafrica)

AllAfrica Oct 23, 2026, 17:45

South Africa: How Nurses Are Learning to Administer the New HIV Prevention Injection
‍[spotlight] South Africa's rollout of lenacapavir, a six-monthly HIV prevention injection, requires nurses to learn, adapt and find ways to make it work for patients.
After 26 years in nursing, Sister Keitumetse "Tumi" Senokwane still had something new to learn about giving injections.
The six-monthly HIV-prevention jab, lenacapavir, often referred to as just LEN, presented a unique challenge.
"You know, lenacapavir is different. As much as I've got experience with injections, the needle size is different from the
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