Opinion: Getting people out of the clinic can support HIV treatment adherence

Posted in: HIV/AIDS, Latest

The growing crisis in many of South Africa’s clinics has reached a point where patient care is being compromised and there is a deepening worry that people living with HIV are being pushed out of treatment, argues Anele Yawa and Lotti Rutter. In this op-ed, they ask whether repeat prescription collection strategies are simpler and quicker than waiting in long clinic queues.

Opinion: Getting people out of the clinic can support HIV treatment adherence

TB catch-up plan underway in WC but old challenges linger

Posted in: Edition 10: Drug-resistant TB, Edition 14: Tuberculosis, Latest, Provinces, Western Cape

In 2019 around 360 000 people in South Africa fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) and about 58 000 people died due to the disease, according to a World Health Organization Report released last week. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these already alarming numbers, with some TB patients stopping treatment during lockdown. Siyabonga Kamnqa looks at the plans the Western Cape Health Department has in place to get its TB programme back on track and finds old challenges still remain.