How to use the anti-HIV jab — and where to find it

Lenacapavir, the six-monthly anti-HIV jab, which prevents HIV through sex, is now stocked for free at 360 government clinics in six provinces. (Jay Caboz)

The six-monthly anti-HIV jab, which prevents HIV through sex, is now stocked for free at 360 government clinics in six of South Africa’s provinces.

The provinces are Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga, North West and the Western Cape, according to the health department’s list of clinics.

The Northern Cape, Limpopo and the Free State will get jabs next year, when cheaper generic versions of LEN become available and South Africa starts rolling out the shot on a larger scale.

At least one generic drug maker, Hetero in India, has applied to register their product with South Africa’s Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) chief executive Boitumelo Semete-Makokotlela told Bhekisisa.