Treatment Action Campaign

Find a public antiretroviral site or private doctor where you can be treated for HIV.

Essential information about what to do if you are HIV-positive or at risk of HIV infection. This page provides straightforward advice and telephone numbers where you can get help.

Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is a short-term anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment that reduces the likelihood of HIV infection after exposure to HIV-infected blood or sexual contact with an HIV-positive person. The drug regimen for PEP consists of a combination of ARV mediations that are taken a period of four weeks.

Click here to learn about PEP

Here is a list provided by the South African Police Services of facilities that provide free post-exposure prophylaxis for sexual assault and rape survivors:

 

To find out more about doctors that specialise in HIV, contact the Southern African HIV Clinician’s Society at:

Tel: (011) 341 0162
Fax: (011) 341 0161
Email: sahivsoc@sahivsoc.org
Website: www.sahivsoc.org

 

See the latest (or nearly latest) antiretroviral and other prices in the public and private health systems.

Numerous statistics about the South African HIV epidemic of varying quality have been collected. Here are some of the most reliable, high quality ones.

There are many excellent resources on HIV on the Internet. This page has links to some of the best ones.