Health

Services through Government Clinics in the City of Johannesburg

OUT staff are available at the following facilities to assist with HIV testing, PrEP initiations (including LEN/Injectable PrEP) and refills, and ART initiations and refills:

Mondays: Mpathy Clinic in Naledi Soweto / Wellness Jeppe in Joburg CBD.
Tuesdays: Meadowlands Clinic in Soweto.
Wednesdays: Mpathy Clinic in Orange Farm next to the taxi rank Ext 2 / Wellness Jeppe.
Thursdays: Alexandra Clinic and Winnie Mandela Clinic in Tembisa.
Fridays: Mpathy Clinic in Orange Farm Ext 2 / Charlotte Maxeke Hospital for Old Art cohort.

For more information about health services in Johannesburg, please WhatsApp: +27 60 909 2611

+DR medical Practice in Pretoria (Lynnwood and Pretoria Centre)

DR in Pretoria is a medical practice that offers health services in a safe, LGBT-affirming space. Reasonable rates, with medical aids accepted. Online or in-person consultations are available — weekdays from 9:00 till 15:00.

WhatsApp 072 113 6597 for more info or to book.

Community and Skills Groups

OUT offers a range of community/social events every Friday in Pretoria and Johannesburg. Community groups range from discussion to excursions and hikes. Skills sessions include hair and beauty, baking, nails and others.

For more information, please WhatsApp: +27 60 909 2611

Mental Health Support 

A social worker is available for psycho-social support, including treatment plans to improve health. A buddy offers informal and unstructured support.

For more information, please WhatsApp: +27 60 909 2611

Chemsex, Health and Well-being

Since 2024, OUT has been providing services to MSM who engage in chemsex – the intentional use of stimulant drugs to have certain types of sex (extended, more hard-core etc). Funded by the Elton John AIDS Foundation, the programme will run till June 2027. Elements include information on drugs, their effects, livelihoods, family relations, safer combinations, common health conditions, and ways to reduce harms. Drug use complicates health and treatment and makes it more difficult to adhere. OUT offers individual treatment plans through its social worker to increase retention on Anti-Retroviral Treatment. OUT also collaborates with the Community Substance Use Programme (COSUP) from the University of Pretoria, targeting MSM doing chemsex in the Tshwane area.