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Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre director Lisa Vetten

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Secondary victimisation: Rape survivors denied emergency ARVs

by Michelle Solomon 14 June 2012

The 2007 Sexual Offences Act (SOA) requires that certain services be made available to rape survivors. Among these services, survivors of oral, anal and vaginal rape are entitled to receive post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), a 28-day course of antiretrovirals for the prevention of HIV infection. This must be provided to survivors – at state expense – when […]

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