/ 15 March 2000

ANTI-RAPE ORGANISATION BUYS NEVIRAPINE

A NEWLY-ESTABLISHED anti-rape organisation in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, has secured a R25000 donation to buy the anti-Aids drug, Nevirapine. Co-ordinator of the Greater Nelspruit Rape Intervention Project (Grip), Ina Georgala, said on Wednesday that people who are raped would be able to get the drug when being examined at the city’s Rob Ferreira Hospital. If taken soon enough after a rape, the drug can reduce if not eliminate the risk of contracting HIV and Aids.