In October of last year, about 200 patients in Uganda began a trial of a World Health Organization-approved injection containing the drugs cabotegravir, or CAB-LA, and rilpivirine. The treatment is the first non-pill option against HIV
against HIV, and studies have shown it even outperforms the efficacy of oral pills.
Homosexuality is illegal in Uganda, and gay people often face arrest, ostracism and violence at the hands of law enforcement or local vigilantes. The GSK treatment secured U.S. approval late last year and was endorsed this year by the World Health Organization. In the interim, GSK said it was working on providing governments the regimen free of charge to run studies. Trials are also taking place in Kenya and South Africa.
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