Court ruling means pharmacists can prescribe to people with HIV
The South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC) has been given judicial go-ahead to introduce its Pharmacy-Initiated Management of Antiretroviral Treatment (PIMART) initiative, which will allow specially trained pharmacists to manage and prescribe medicine to patients with HIV and tuberculosis. Pretoria High Court Judge Elmarie van der Schyff has dismissed an application brought by a doctors’ organisation – the…