A new HIV prevention option is changing what is possible. But a breakthrough only matters if it reaches the people who could benefit from it.
In Zambia, the Unitaid-funded SCALE-IT project, led by the University Teach Hospital in Lusaka, is testing a hub-and-spoke approach to bring long-acting HIV prevention beyond traditional health facilities and into the communities where people live and work.
Public health facilities serve as hubs, linked to community and private-sector spokes that bring the same services closer to people – from markets and youth-friendly spaces to community health posts and private clinics. Community health workers and peer promoters are helping people learn about lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injectable for HIV prevention, answer questions and access services outside traditional health facilities.
Watch how SCALE-IT is taking HIV prevention beyond the clinic.