Although only temporarily operating at this location, plans are under way for a permanent transgender-inclusive healthcare services clinic in Braamfontein.
Between March and April this year the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute opened Africa’s first dedicated clinics for transgender health in Cape Town, East London, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg. Rutendo Bothma, the institute’s senior adviser of community engagement, said the four transgender health clinics were still under renovation but were operational, as were the mobile units.The model for the clinic is that there is a site manager responsible for oversight and engagement with that specific district.
The institute said there was a need for bias-free healthcare – an undervalued necessity for people whose gender identity can limit their access to healthcare.