The health department got close to updating nurse prescribing rules in 2011, but didn't follow through. Real change will have to happen soon since South Africa's new HIV and TB strategy document says professional nurses have to help to prescribe antidepressants for 250 000 people by 2028.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) People on the Move exhibition which will be hosted at the Indaba Hotel on Thursday 16 March 2023, showcasing art pieces by some of Africa s top artists.
From April 2023, everyone with HIV who is older than four weeks (and who weighs more than three kilograms) will be able to go on a treatment plan that includes the antiretroviral (ARV) drug, dolutegravir, according to Thato Chidarikire, the health department's acting head of HIV programmes.