Health Justice Initiative - HJI

Dedicated law & policy unit focusing on intersection between health rights, inequality & justice.
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[Health Justice Initiative - HJI @HealthJusticeIn]

Must Read:

'A new HIV prevention jab could end AIDS – unless secrecy and greed get in the way'

Via: @SpotlightNSP

Link:
https://t.co/retXAOGJK9

[Health Justice Initiative - HJI @HealthJusticeIn]

4 June 2026, Thursday
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Launch of Lenacapavir in South Africa for HIV prevention:

South Africa Helped Create Lenacapavir, Gilead Should Not Decide Who Gets It

– SA Civil Society Groups

[Health-e News @HealtheNews]

[OPINION] South Africa’s first batch of lenacapavir has arrived. The country is expecting to get the HIV prevention jab to around 450,000 people over the next two years.

But in a country still seeing hundreds of new infections daily, founder of @Afri_Alliance, @tianjohnson and founder of @HealthJusticeIn, Fatima Hassan say it is not enough.

Access will be limited to 300 clinics across 23 districts. That means where you live could decide if you get it.

"Viruses simply do not respect municipal boundaries".

Read more: https://t.co/ukRi4xEVaX #healthnews

[Health-e News @HealtheNews]

[OPINION] South Africa may be doing the work to produce lenacapavir, but it does not control the key decisions, including pricing, supply, and rollout speed.

Plans to manufacture the drug locally are also still in early stages and depend on licence approval from Gilead Sciences.

Founder of @Afri_Alliance, @tianjohnson and founder of @HealthJusticeIn, Fatima Hassan say the gap between promise and delivery remains wide.

Read more: https://t.co/GI3KdeI9yG #healthnews

[Joan van Dyk @vandykjoan]

Major local & global health justice orgs call on @GovernmentZA to take steps to issue a compulsory license for #lenacapavir. Compulsory licenses are a legal @wto tool used in public health emergencies. It would temporarily bypass @GileadSciences patent in exchange for a fair royalty. https://t.co/XjeWaaCBvM

[Health Policy Watch @HealthPolicyW]

South Africa May Be Excluded From Future US #PEPFAR Grants for #HIV Amid Political Row, writes @kerrycullinan11
@HealthZA
@HealthJusticeIn
@HealthGap
@TAC

https://t.co/LOnqFQrPsY

[Health Policy Watch @HealthPolicyW]

⏰The US has not engaged South Africa on the future of its @PEPFAR HIV grant — and says it won’t supply lenacapavir amid a widening political rift.

Millions could be affected as the world’s largest HIV+ population faces uncertainty.

📰➡️https://t.co/NWBlssLn1p

✍️@kerrycullinan11
@GlobalFund @GileadSciences
@HealthJusticeIn @HealthGAP @HealthZA
@Foster_Mohale @SikazweZuzu @_HassanF @SibongileTsha14 @CyrilRamaphosa @AfricaMediaHub

[Health Justice Initiative - HJI @HealthJusticeIn]

💜One Day. One Message: Without Women, South Africa Stops.

On 21 November, HJI will join the #WomensShutdown to demand that GBV and femicide be declared a National Disaster.

We call on leaders, institutions, and communities to act in solidarity with us.

#EndGBV #WomensShutdown

[Health Justice Initiative - HJI @HealthJusticeIn]

💜One Day. One Message: Without Women, South Africa Stops.

On 21 November, HJI will join the #WomensShutdown to demand that GBV and femicide be declared a National Disaster.

We call on leaders, institutions, and communities to act in solidarity with us.

#EndGBV #WomensShutdown

[Spotlight @SpotlightNSP]

The lesson from history is clear: When lifesaving HIV treatment was delayed, millions died needlessly. We cannot afford the same mistake with HIV prevention, write Fatima Hassan, Leena Menghaney, and Bellinda Nkoana. @HealthJusticeIn

https://t.co/RDTH7Kzpp4

[Health Justice Initiative - HJI @HealthJusticeIn]

🎧 Listen in🎧

Our HJI - @Radio702 Interview this morning on LEN-LA:

'New HIV Prevention injection shows promising results - Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa'

- https://t.co/GkRkCW4IrK
https://t.co/qWaO2Xn3YS

#LENLA4ALL
#GILEAD

[Spotlight @SpotlightNSP]

If international actors are serious about equitable access, then price transparency must be non-negotiable.

[Health Justice Initiative - HJI @HealthJusticeIn]

Must Read:

'A new HIV prevention jab could end AIDS – unless secrecy and greed get in the way'

Via: @SpotlightNSP

Link:
https://t.co/retXAOGJK9

[Matthew Kavanagh [email protected] @MMKavanagh]

"Imagine a new HIV prevention tool existed that could – if it reached the right people – flick the switch to prevent almost all new HIV cases across the world...
@_HassanF , Leena Menghaney, and Bellinda Nkoana brilliant piece @HealthJusticeIn
https://t.co/mFFROZE10j

[Spotlight @SpotlightNSP]

'PRICE SECRECY' | As delegates convene at the SA AIDS Conference, they must publicly call out the demand for price secrecy from Gilead and the Global Fund for what it is: bullying. #SAAIDS05 @HealthJusticeIn

https://t.co/RDTH7KzXeC

[Fatima Hassan @_HassanF]

Read our latest op ed here on Gilead's greed; the GFATM's worrying push to normalise price secrecy; and why SA should act differently, with urgency:

Link: https://t.co/HpVyYSYBaY

@HealthJusticeIn
@sankalprehab
@HealthGAP
@JustTreatment
#ABIA

#LENLAFORALL
#STOPGILEADGREED

[Spotlight @SpotlightNSP]

MUST READ | The lesson from history is clear: When lifesaving HIV treatment was delayed, millions died needlessly. We cannot afford the same mistake with HIV prevention, write Fatima Hassan, Leena Menghaney, and Bellinda Nkoana. @HealthJusticeIn

https://t.co/RDTH7Kzpp4

[Spotlight @SpotlightNSP]

The push to normalise secrecy, particularly when public or donor money is involved, should ring alarm bells.

[Spotlight @SpotlightNSP]

Millions who need HIV prevention could face rationing, with health providers forced to leave the most vulnerable populations behind.

[Health Justice Initiative - HJI @HealthJusticeIn]

Just in: 📖

FAQ 2:
No Borders, No Barriers, No Excuses

Read our coalition's new FAQ on LEN-LA access & implications of Gilead's license for access, price transparency & affordability.

📲https://t.co/iTv4dNfs7T

WITH:
@sankalprehab
@JustTreatment
@HealthGAP
#ABIA
@MSF