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Since 2017, after having her last child Nkhensani (38), a mother of three
has been using injectable contraception in the form of Depo-Provera which she
received from the Mukhoni Clinic in Collins Chabane District in Limpopo. She
decided to take contraceptives after realising that she and her partner could
no longer afford to raise more children.
But from the beginning of lockdown in
2020, she says she could not access her contraceptive of choice because of
stockouts at the clinic.
“Other clinics in Mopani and Malamulele areas have also admitted to
experiencing stockouts of Depo Provera”, says Civil Society Provincial AIDS
Council Chairperson, Solanga Milambo.
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