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- Nyasha Sayi lives in Epworth, near Harare, Zimbabwe.
- She is thirty-one years old and a sex worker.
- She received her first lenacapavir injection recently.
- The shot helps prevent HIV for many people.
- The injection is given twice a year to people at risk.
- The programme is in many places across the country.
- Officials said many people have already got the shot.
- Nyasha is not sure she will get the next dose.
Difficult words
- sex worker — a person who sells sexual services for money
- injection — a medicine given with a needle into the bodylenacapavir injection
- prevent — to stop something from happening
- risk — the chance something bad will happen
- programme — a plan or service for people in a place
- dose — one amount of medicine given at one time
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Discussion questions
- Would you get an injection to prevent a disease?
- Do you know someone who has had a shot like this?
- Would you go to a programme like this in your town?
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