Free home tests for four common — and curable — sexually transmitted infections (STIs), namely gonorrhoea, chlamydia, syphilis and trichomoniasis, could soon be available at chronic medicine pick-up points around the country, according to a draft of South Africa’s fifth HIV, TB and STI action plan.
Government clinics will also roll out STI tests that give results on the same day.
The new plan is being finalised after comments from the public and civil society were added, says Nelson Dlamini, communications manager of the South African National Aids Council (Sanac). The final draft will be published on World TB Day on 24 March…..more