Apart from conditions like obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, thousands of TB and HIV patients have not been collecting their medicines.
With high rates of HIV, hypertension, obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, South Africa ticks all the Covid-19 epidemic’s risk boxes.
In an oral reply to the Democratic Alliance , Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku revealed that since the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions on 27 March, 1,090 tuberculosis patients and 10,950 HIV/Aids patients have not collected their medicine. “Both these diseases claim a large number of lives – there are about 60,000 TB and 70,000 Aids-related deaths in South Africa every year,” Bloom said.
“That could have consequences if patients don’t stay on their ARV treatment, their CD4 counts will slowly drop and they will become immuno-compromised.South Africa has the biggest HIV epidemic in the world, with 7.7 million people living with HIV, with Davison stressing the need to tread cautiously.
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