Nine months after the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE - a Chapter 9 institution) released a damning report with dozens of women living with HIV's testimonies about forced sterilisations allegedly performed on them in public health facilities, the Department of Health has now moved to implement the Commission's recommendations. But it is a work in progress, the Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize, told MPs in Parliament this week.
The CGE released its final report into the matter in February this year. The investigation was started in 2017 and a draft report was sent to the department last year.
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