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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1776225317666aboodi-vesakaran-vpLE2bqtajc-unsplash.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">The US in partnership with an international group fighting AIDS on Tuesday said it would expand its efforts to provide access to an HIV-prevention injection to reach an additional one million people. <em>📷༘ Mika Baumeister, Unsplash</em></span></span></span>WASHINGTON, United States — The US in partnership with an international group fighting AIDS on Tuesday said it would expand its efforts to provide access to an HIV-prevention injection to reach an additional one million people.</div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-science/2026/4/14/norwegian-effectively-cured-of-hiv-after-transplant-from-brother-1112">Norwegian effectively cured of HIV after transplant from brother</a></div><p>The announcement brings to three million the total number of people the US State Department along with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria hopes to reach by 2028.</p><p>Initial deliveries of the drug lenacapavir were aimed at nine countries, and the expansion will attempt to reach people in 12 more, including the Dominican Republic, Fiji, Indonesia, Morocco, Rwanda and Thailand, the Global Fund said in a statement.</p><p>Lenacapavir, which is taken twice a year, has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV transmission by more than 99.9 percent, making it functionally akin to a powerful vaccine.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-science/2025/6/3/hiv-cases-in-ph-rise-by-500-among-ages-15-25-doh-0944">HIV cases in PH rise by 500% among ages 15-25: DOH</a></div><p>Generic versions of lenacapavir are expected to be available from 2027 at around $40 per year in more than 100 countries, through agreements by Unitaid and the Gates Foundation with Indian pharmaceutical companies.</p><p>Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, has been used for over a decade to prevent HIV but its reliance on a daily pill has limited its impact on global infections.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse<br/></strong></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS</strong></div><div><strong><br/><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1V4XTg5x_Xw?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8RnGHom9xWE?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>The US in partnership with an international group fighting AIDS on Tuesday said it would expand its efforts to provide access to an HIV-prevention injection to reach an additional one million people.</p>

The US in partnership with an international group fighting AIDS on Tuesday said it would expand its efforts to provide access to an HIV-prevention injection to reach an additional one million people.

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Global Fund, US boost commitment to provide HIV drug access

Agence France-Presse

Published April 15, 2026 11:58 AM PHT

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