Namibia: Private patients get first bite at new R482 000 HIV jab rollout – Africa Links 24

The Ministry of Health and Social services is starting the regulatory process to introduce lenacapavir, a long-acting, twice-yearly HIV injectable, starting with the private sector.

Health minister Esperance Luvindao says the ministry wants to ensure those who can afford it in the private sector are not denied access to life-saving innovation.

“But the Government is not sitting idle. We have embarked on the regulatory approval processes to ensure this drug can enter the Namibian…