FG warns pregnant women against taking Lenacapavir HIV injection

A pregnant woman

The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Dr Temitope Ilori, has clarified that the newly introduced long-acting HIV prevention injection, Lenacapavir (LenPrEP), is not recommended for use among pregnant women.

Ilori made this known on Monday during a media parley organised by the National HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STDs Control Programme under the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Abuja.

The warning came as the Federal Government announced plans for the rollout of the 52,000 doses of the HIV injection.

Ilori explained that although global clinical studies have shown a high safety margin for the drug, its use in pregnancy remains restricted due to insufficient evidence on its effects in that population. Punch