In April-June 2025, through @RitshidzeSA we carried out 32,530 surveys with patients & assessed 326 facilities in 16 districts, across 6 provinces. The data reveal the impact of the PEPFAR disruptions in our clinics:

Bulela Vava, from @POHF_SA, leads a panel on Challenges in Advocacy and Bringing in Voices from the Ground and Community Perspectives with: Kirsten de Klerk – SA Diabetes Advocacy Morongwa Ntini – @TAC Pholo Ramothwala – #LifeBeyond Shiara Pillay – @sweetlife_orgza

A Statement by South African Civil Society, Global Organisations and Individuals re: the Health Professions Council of South Africa's attack on @drtlaleng. On-going endorsements here: https://t.co/uChT9NZsyD

SUBMISSION | Our Budget Researcher, Mduduzi Nkosi, will be presenting our submission, in collaboration with @TAC, to the Select Committee on Appropriations on the Special Appropriation Bill, which proposes additional funding for the 2025/26 financial year, addressing the funding

Latest @RitshidzeSA report reveals the poor quality of HIV service delivery & overall functioning of our clinics in the Free State. READ MORE IN THE FULL REPORT #FSHealth – https://t.co/JIotLdowOz

“I needed #PrEP, but I was told it wasn’t available and was asked to come back after a few days. However, when I returned, it was still not available” #FSHealth

74% of PrEP users said it took longer than usual to collect PrEP (pills to take before an HIV exposure to stop you getting HIV), 13% said there was no PrEP available, 8% had to return because of the queues, and 7% said they were given a smaller supply #FSHealth

“Condoms and lubricants are not displayed in the distribution box, so I have to ask for them whenever I need them.. it makes me feel ashamed because I have to ask instead of taking them freely,” one trans woman explained #FSHealth #LubeUpTheHIVResponse

“There are no lubricants available at the clinic. It has been two years since we last had any,” one sex worker told us #FSHealth #LubeUpTheHIVResponse

Only 29% of sites had internal condoms in Lejweleputswa, and just 40% in Thabo Mofutsanyana. Only 18% had lubricants available in Lejweleputswa, and just 65% in Mangaung #FSHealth #LubeUpTheHIVResponse

HIV prevention has also been impacted. Only 76% of sites in Lejweleputswa had external condoms available – 24% of facilities not providing external condoms is unacceptable #FSHealth

489 people told us they or someone they knew had been denied services without an ID – including 96 people in Lejweleputswa and 374 people in Mangaung #FSHealth

“I've not been taking my ARVs for about 3 years. I moved & went to [a new clinic], but the sister on duty told me that they weren't going to help me without a transfer letter. I told them I didn't have money to go & get it. I stopped going to the facility until today” #FSHealth

“I went to the clinic to ask for a transfer letter & the admin clerk refused. I then decided to go to [my new clinic] without a transfer letter, but they refused to give me my ARVs.. I was told to go back to my previous clinic & come with a transfer letter” #FSHeath

Changing between clinics remains a nightmare. 240 people reported having been denied services because they did not have a transfer letter in the last 3 months in the Free State #FSHealth

8% of people who use drugs had been denied their ARVs in the last year in Free State #FSHealth #KeyPopsHealth

“The staff don’t even ask what services you need or explain the services they offer. They just listen to what you say you came for, and then send you away” #FSHealth #KeyPopsHealth

8% of GBMSM, 11% of sex workers, 14% of trans people, and 26% of people who use drugs surveyed in the Free State had been denied services in the last year #FSHealth #KeyPopsHealth

“The staff gossip about our medical history. How can they ask about our health issues in front of other patients? This is why many sex workers stop taking ARVs bc of the way we are treated & the invasive questions.. It make us afraid to go to the clinic” #FSHealth #KeyPopsHealth

“Some nurses stigmatise me, calling me a derogatory term in Sesotho used for gay people. They do this in front of other patients. I have told them multiple times to stop because it’s painful and humiliating, but they continue using this name” #FSHealth #KeyPopsHealth

“Cases where transgender people have been raped and then must explain themselves to multiple nurses at the same time are completely unacceptable. This is one reason why many transgender people avoid using such services, as it is humiliating and degrading” #FSHealth #KeyPopsHealth