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Covid-19 still affects medical and traditional circumci...

The pandemic and related restrictions have disrupted traditional and voluntary male circumcisions in the Eastern Cape. ....

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Covid-19 still impacting both medical and traditional circumcision in the Eastern Cape

Every year botched traditional circumcisions in the Eastern
Cape make headlines as some young men are badly injured, and in some cases die.
The provincial legislature in 2016 passed the Eastern Cape
Customary Male Initiation Practice Act in an attempt to ensure that initiates
come back home healthy and alive. The legislature is now reviewing the Act to
further tighten provisions to protect initiates better.
However, despite the legislation, and other efforts at
improving safety, some initiates still die while undergoing the ritual. The
traditional circumcision season in the province usually takes place twice a
year, in summer and winter.
Thirteen initiates died in the Eastern Cape during the 2020 ....

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Access to HIV prophylaxis at pharmacies not as easy it...

First published by Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper
Maverick Citizen, using a pseudonym, emailed and phoned 31 pharmacies across the country, asking them whether they were able to assist with access to post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) counselling and antiretroviral medication.
These pharmacies were selected because they are listed on the #4EachOther website, or websites promoted by various organisations, including the HIV Clinicians Experts website, as pharmacies that participate in the PEP and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programme for HIV prevention. Fifty-eight percent of these pharmacies did not respond to our email query. While 61% answered the phone, only 32% said they were able to assist.
#4EachOther is spearheaded by Expanding Access to PrEP and ARVs Innovation Consortium (EPIC). EPIC is led and managed by the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society (SAHCS), in partnership with consortium members the Independent Community Pharmacy Association (ICPA), Ezint ....

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