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  "id": 6866432,
  "title": "Why do women make up 71% of South Africa’s new lenacapavir users?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/why-do-women-make-up-71-of-south-africas-new-lenacapavir-users",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-12T05:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-09-12-why-do-women-make-up-71-of-south-africas-new-lenacapavir-users/"
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  "summary": "More than 55,000 people had started twice-yearly lenacapavir PrEP in South Africa by 7 September, with women accounting for 71% of initiations. The Department of Health says pregnant and breastfeeding women are among the priority groups.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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