Courts to decide whether pharmacists can start HIV medicines without a doctor’s script

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In August 2021, the South African Pharmacy Council published legislation in the Government Gazette to enable pharmacists to prescribe and dispense antiretroviral medicines for the treatment and prevention of HIV. A legal challenge then put the brakes on the initiative and the courts are now set to decide whether it can continue. Catherine Tomlinson reports.

Courts to decide whether pharmacists can start HIV medicines without a doctor’s script

In-depth: Major SAMRC study sheds light on causes of disease and death in SA

Posted in: Healthcare system, HIV/AIDS, Latest, TB

Unsafe sex, interpersonal violence, high body mass index, high systolic blood pressure, and alcohol consumption are the top risk factors for disease and death in South Africa, according to the Second Comparative Risk Assessment study conducted by the South African Medical Research Council’s Burden of Disease Research Unit. Nthusang Lefafa spoke to some of the researchers to unpack the findings.

In-depth: Major SAMRC study sheds light on causes of disease and death in SA

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