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HIV & TB Response “I have 20 years on these ARVs now and by now I know what is what when it comes to looking after my health”

TAC is marching on 1 December to demand that all stable people living with HIV get a 6 month supply of ARVs from their clinics. This would mean going to your clinic just twice a year for clinical review, rescript, and collecting your next 6 month supply of pills. This is already provided for in […]

HIV & TB Response “I have to decide to miss the clinic date or say yes to the job – if I could get a 6 month supply of my ARVs I wouldn’t have to worry”

HIV & TB Response “It’s like they want to punish you in front of everyone”

HIV & TB Response “It was such a relief to not have to go to the clinic every month”

HIV & TB Response “Making that journey every three months begins to mess with my routine — it also makes me more stressed and anxious”

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HIV & TB Response “Sometimes I am working in other places when my clinic date comes and you can’t keep telling your employer that you have to take a day off”

HIV & TB Response “Clinic appointments take up a lot of your time. On my appointment date I have to be up at 5am to get to the queue”