ReviewHealth SA = SA Gesondheid2024
Nurse prescribing and dispensing in South Africa: Gaps in the current legislative framework.
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- Development of AWaRe-Based Quality Indicators to Assess the Appropriateness of Antibiotic Prescribing in Primary Healthcare in South Africa.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of a National Reflex Laboratory Cryptococcal Antigen Screening Program for People With Advanced HIV Disease in South Africa: A Nationwide-Sampled Cohort Study (CAST-NET).Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2025Article
- Leveraging community pharmacies for HIV services in South Africa: Opportunities and constraints.Southern African journal of HIV medicine · 2025Review
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Abstract
Background: Nurse prescribing and dispensing are central to ensuring universal health access in South Africa. Objective: To describe the historical development of the legal enablements of nurse prescribing and dispensing in South Africa and highlight gaps in the current legislative framework. Method: This is a discussion article. Results: We emphasise significant deficiencies in the current legislative landscape that pose challenges to these vital nursing practices and call for urgent revisions of the legislative framework, particularly the revision of Section 56 of the Conclusion: There is a necessity for prompt legislative revisions to address identified deficiencies. Contribution: The contribution of this article lies in its advocacy for changes to the regulatory framework to further enable nurses to deliver safe and comprehensive health care.
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