22 June 2006

Durban High Court rules that the government is required to remove any obstacles to accessing ARV treatment at Westville Correctional Centre, to take positive steps to ensure that all prisoners who need ARVs can access them. Government appeals the decision.

Siyayinqoba Beat It! Episode 18 - ARV treatment sites

In this weeks episode of Siyayinqoba Beat It! 2006 we are talking about how the slow process of accrediting ARV treatment sites is causing problems for people accessing ARVs, we speak to James Nonnies about the death of his son Msimelelo due to poor access to ARVs, we also speak to HIV positive inmate Sifiso Zulu about accessing ARVs at Westville prison in Durban. Fatima Hassan from the Joint Civil Society Monitoring Forum joins our support group to talk about the problems facing sites wanting to become accredited.