- A new injection helps prevent HIV infection.
- The injection is called lenacapavir and lasts months.
- It is given twice each year at clinics.
- Several African countries are starting the programme.
- Eswatini was the first country to begin.
- Many people there live with HIV and need care.
- Some clinics have only small numbers of doses.
- Humanitarian groups used their doses quickly.
- Community groups ask for help with costs and travel.
- Officials and donors promise to provide more supplies.
Difficult words
- injection — medicine put into the body with a needle
- prevent — stop something from happening or starting
- infection — disease caused by bacteria or virus
- clinic — place where people go for medical careclinics
- dose — measured amount of medicine for one timedoses
- humanitarian — help for people in need or crisis
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Discussion questions
- Have you ever been to a clinic?
- Would you use an injection that lasts months?
- Is travel to a clinic easy for you?
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