As the country prepares to roll out lenacapavir, a groundbreaking HIV prevention injection, HIV/Aids activists warn that SA is still battling a treatment crisis with an estimated 1.1-million people defaulting on their antiretroviral ARV treatment.
Treatment Action Campaign TAC chairperson Sibongile Tshabalala said systemic failures within the public health-care system continue to drive people out of care despite years of progress in expanding access to HIV treatment.
Our system is overburdened and does not have the capacity to cater for everyone, and that frustrates patients, Tshabalala told Sowetan ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosas official launch of the lenacapavir rollout in Mpumalanga on June 5.
