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ReviewSouthern African journal of HIV medicine2025

Leveraging community pharmacies for HIV services in South Africa: Opportunities and constraints.

Angela Tembo, Andy Gray, Tsitsi Nyamuzihwa, Francois W D Venter, Jacqueline Maimin, Ahmed Bayat, Jacqui Miot, Deanne Johnston

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Review in Southern African journal of HIV medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Angela TemboEzintsha, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7987-1241
Andy GrayDiscipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1150-2052
Tsitsi NyamuzihwaEzintsha, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1579-8199
Francois W D VenterEzintsha, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4157-732X
Jacqueline MaiminIndependent Community Pharmacy Association, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4812-0066
Ahmed BayatIndependent Community Pharmacy Association, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2355-3818
Jacqui MiotHealth Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7070-3826
Deanne JohnstonDiscipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6431-2140

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Access to HIV services in South Africa remains challenging, despite their availability in the public healthcare sector. While the legislative framework allows for the provision of these services in community pharmacies, the process is often complex. This article describes various models for the provision of HIV services in community pharmacies in South Africa through a review of existing policies and legislation. It further discusses barriers and opportunities for the expansion of services. The existing legal framework enables prescribing by healthcare professionals other than medical practitioners through authorisations issued under either the

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community pharmaciesdelivery modelsHIV serviceslegislationNIMARTPIMARTtelemedicine

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PMID41200370
PMCPMC12587142

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