Urgent appeal to allow all professional nurses and midwives to prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in South Africa

Appeal to simplify PrEP provision in South Africa

Authors

  • D L Joseph Davey Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Division of Infectious Diseases, Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, USA; Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, South Africa
  • L Wilkinson Centre for Infectious Disease and Epidemiological Research, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa; International AIDS Society, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • A Grimsrud International AIDS Society, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • A Nelson Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa
  • A Gray Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
  • Y Raphael Advocacy for Prevention of HIV and AIDS, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • C Wattrus Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Y Pillay Division of Health Systems and Public Health, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
  • L-G Bekker Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, South Africa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2023.v113i8.1191

Keywords:

PrEP, South Africa, Nurses, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, Medical training

Abstract

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2023-08-03

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Joseph Davey DL, Wilkinson L, Grimsrud A, Nelson A, Gray A, Raphael Y, et al. Urgent appeal to allow all professional nurses and midwives to prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in South Africa: Appeal to simplify PrEP provision in South Africa. S Afr Med J [Internet]. 2023 Aug. 3 [cited 2025 Mar. 15];113(8):12-6. Available from: https://samajournals.co.za/index.php/samj/article/view/1121

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