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American company behind HIV prevention drug criticised for excluding sub-Saharan manufacturers

6 November 2025 by Pascalinah Kabi Est. Read Time: 4m Listen to this article: South African National AIDS Council chief executive officer, Dr. Thembisile Xulu, has denounced the American biopharmaceutical company behind the HIV prevention drug lenacapavir (LEN) for shutting out sub-Saharan manufacturers — even after the region played a [...]

Lesotho Mothers Fear Passing HIV to Their Babies as US Aid Cuts Halt Testing

A programme preventing mother-to-child transmission has become a casualty of Donald Trump’s decision to sharply cut back PEPFAR 8 August 2025 by Pascalinah Kabi This investigation was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Centre. Est. Read Time: 6m Listen to this article: When the young mother-to-be arrived for the test to tell [...]