Why not enough people with HIV are on treatment – and how a new court ruling could help

Last week's ruling by the North Gauteng High Court gave the go-ahead for pharmacists to prescribe anti-HIV drugs.

when it comes to managing patients' primary healthcare - such as for treating or preventing HIV infections - is a good idea. Because the easier it is for people to get ARVs, the closer we'll be to ending the epidemic by 2030.

Francois Venter, executive director of the Ezintsha research centre at the University of the Witwatersrand, explains:"People may be in denial [after being diagnosed], feel stigmatised or be scared. Or the health services may be unfriendly or inaccessible." taking ARVs for the rest of their lifeBut, says Venter, this is hard - despite side-effects of the medication as a reason for people to stop taking their pills being"vanishingly rare" now.

Yet, says Gray, someone who doesn't use the public health system can now choose to go to a private pharmacy instead - even if they have to pay for the pills themselves .

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