The end of choice? Game-changing prevention drugs at risk

There has been a quiet revolution in HIV prevention. It could give women more choice and control to stay HIV-free. And it's under threat.

In Tanzania, Kenya, and many other countries affected by the US aid funding cuts, people are going without vital treatment and prevention services, and research programmes to help bring new prevention drugs to thousands of women and girls have been closed.

We spoke to Merci Niyibeshaho, a youth advocate from Kenya, and Dr Lilian Benjamin Mwakyosi, Executive Director of DARE for Progress, a youth-led NGO in Tanzania, to find out more.

Produced and presented by Lola Abayomi, Frontline AIDS, and Nick Raistrick, Frontline AIDS 

Music by Lee Sparey

Check out our animation 'HIV prevention and choice: why one size doesn't fit all'
https://youtu.be/t7_ld5CNUOs 

For more information about the CATALYST study, visit: https://www.mosaicproject.blog/the-catalyst-study-catalyzing-access-to-new-prevention-products-to-stop-hiv/

Find out more about lenacapavir: https://www.prepwatch.org/products/lenacapavir-for-prep/

Note: Condoms can be up to 98% effective at preventing pregnancy and can prevent many sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. But they need to be used correctly: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control/condom/how-effective-are-condoms