
A 29-year-old transgender woman from Soweto went months without hormone treatment after the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute transgender clinic in Johannesburg closed last year following cuts to US funding. According to Health-e News, Kamogelo Moamogoe collected her final three-month supply of hormones in April 2025 and was given a prescription to buy her own medication, but says she was not told where she could continue receiving care.
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