{"id":26238,"date":"2025-08-29T10:26:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T10:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=26238"},"modified":"2025-09-05T14:02:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T14:02:55","slug":"how-can-i-get-my-meds-in-south-africa-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/26238","title":{"rendered":"How can I get my meds in South Africa now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your email and for getting in touch.<\/p>\n<p>Although i-Base is in the UK, the guidelines in South Africa say that you should still be able to get your meds.<\/p>\n<p>Please contact the head of the clinic to explain what is happening.<\/p>\n<p>I am really sorry that this is happening but I am sure there will be a way to get your meds again.<\/p>\n<p>You could also email GroundUp in confidence to discuss this as they might be able to help:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:info@groundup.org.za\">info@groundup.org.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi I&#8217;m in South Africa I can&#8217;t get my medication because I am a foreigner and they now say I need an SA passport.<\/p>\n<p>I went to my local clinic to collect my ARVs treatment as usual but they said no one is allowed to enter the clinic without an SA. Then I went back to collect my Passport today so that I can get help and again they said there is no treatment for foreigners at all Government clinic\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Around my area they do the same. what must I do because they stand outside gate to stop people \u2013 ie at Thuthukani clinic, Rabbaridge clinic, Ebony Park Clinic etc.<\/p>\n<p>Please please help now It\u2019s been more than 4 months without treatment and I am not working. I am taking ARVS from Thuthukani clinic today is August 29. I went to Rabbaridge clinic they did the same and people need help from Rabbaridge clinic.<\/p>\n<p>When I visit the clinic the security won&#8217;t let me inside unless I can show an SA passport.<\/p>\n<p>Will the pharmacy help me or I need to buy them?<\/p>\n<p>Plz help. I stated them in clinic 4 months ago iam worried about my viral loud because it was bad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,9,49,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adherence","category-all-topics","category-cd4-and-viral-load","category-south-africa","category-stopping-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26238\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}