[Bhekisisa] What Happens When the World’s Best HIV Prevention Tool Meets the Planet’s Deadliest Infectious Disease?

18 June 2026

Standard TB medications (like rifampicin and rifabutin) speed up the body’s drug-clearing system, lowering the levels of the new six-monthly HIV prevention injection, lenacapavir, and making it ineffective.

An article, published in Bhekisisa, explores the critical challenge of managing these drug interactions for people who need both TB treatment and reliable HIV protection in South Africa.

Read the full analysis here.

Source: Bhekisisa