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A twice-yearly shot could help end AIDS, but only if it can get to everyone who needs it

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Drugmaker Gilead says it will allow cheap, generic versions to be sold in 120 poor countries with high HIV rates.

But it has excluded nearly all of Latin America , where rates are far lower but increasing.

The drug called lenacapavir is already sold under the brand name Sunlenca to treat HIV infections in the U.S. , Canada , Europe and elsewhere.

Rising HIV rates among groups including gay men and transgender populations constitute “a public health emergency” in Latin America .

Sunlenca shots are about 80 percent to 90 percent effective in preventing HIV.

They cost about $1,500 a year in middle-income countries, beyond what most can afford to pay.

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