Malawi rolls out injectable HIV prevention drug amid hope and caution
- Malawi – Patrick Chakwana, 50, has lived with HIV since 1999, when there was no effective treatment and the message to those diagnosed was blunt: "AIDS Kills".
- Today, as Malawi becomes one of the latest African countries to launch Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injectable drug that prevents HIV infection, Chakwana's reaction is one of hope, tempered by caution.
- Issued on: 18/07/2026 - 12:35Modified: 18/07/2026 - 12:36 4 min Reading time "I've faced stigma from the community and workplaces," the soft-spoken man, who sat at a desk in a small office off the road connecting the tea-growing district o
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- Malawi – Patrick Chakwana, 50, has lived with HIV since 1999, when there was no effective treatment and the message to those diagnosed was blunt: "AIDS Kills".
- Today, as Malawi becomes one of the latest African countries to launch Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injectable drug that prevents HIV infection, Chakwana's reaction is one of hope, tempered by caution.
- Issued on: 18/07/2026 - 12:35Modified: 18/07/2026 - 12:36 4 min Reading time "I've faced stigma from the community and workplaces," the soft-spoken man, who sat at a desk in a small office off the road connecting the tea-growing district o
Sources: RFI