Nurses may soon be trained to prescribe pills — under the supervision of a doctor — for mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety, according to South Africa’s new five-year action plan for HIV, TB and STI's.
International donors have increased their contributions in the past couple of years to help South Africa reach its, but as the country inches closer to controlling its HIV, TB and STI epidemics, they will start to cut their funding, the plan says.
This is worrying, according to the NSP, because international partners invest a considerable amount into improving the country’s health system operations . Donors also fund many community health worker programmes and projects that work with groups of people with high HIV, TB and STI infection rates, such as sex workers and transgender people.● The plan aims to get more people with HIV and TB tested and treated for diabetes, hypertension and cancer.
● The plan aims to start rolling out the HPV vaccine, which can prevent cervical cancer, to non-government schools. Currently, only girls in government schools qualify to get the jab for free. Research shows that cervical cancer● For the first time, the government will track HPV vaccinations in the same way it tracks HIV and TB treatment in the NSP. It aims to vaccinate 95% of girls aged nine and older with the first anti-HPV vaccine by 2028.
● The health department will push to decriminalise possession and use of drugs . This means when the police find people in possession of drugs for personal use, they won’t be arrested. Studies show people who inject drugs have much, often because they share needles. The report says that HIV andTB cases will decrease because when these drugs aren’t illegal there will be less stigma regarding drug use, which will make it easier for people to get treatment.
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