Deadly Delay: South Africa's Efforts to Prevent HIV in Survivors of Sexual Violence

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Human Rights Watch
2004
75 p.
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Human Rights Watch, vol. 16, no. 3

This report documents how government inaction and misinformation from high-level officials have undermined the effectiveness of South Africa’s program to provide rape survivors with post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) — antiretroviral drugs that can reduce the risk of contracting HIV from an HIV-positive attacker.

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