MoH to seek alternative ARV dispensation

Accounting before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday, Malefho conceded that the current means of dispensing the drugs is a violation of patients’ privacy and promotes stigma.

Currently, most government facilities have Infectious Disease Control Centres (IDCC), where patients on ARV treatment get their drugs separate from the pharmacy where other patients get prescriptions. Yesterday, PAC member and Member of Parliament (MP) for Kanye North Kentse Rammidi argued that this isolation of patients violates their right to privacy and exposes them to stigma and ridicule.