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The City of Cape Town says its clinic attendance data indicates that men are under-represented in the primary healthcare patient population.

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This comes as the city hosted events at Tafelsig clinic as well as at the newly reopened Bellville Men’s Clinic coinciding with the world’s observance of International Men’s Day. Cape Town’s Health department reports marginal increase in the number of men who are presenting for HIV testing, from 20% before covid, to 25% in 2022. Male patients account for almost 60% of the clients getting tested for STIs.

 

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