Pharmacists can now prescribe medication to patients with HIV and tuberculosis following a recent court Judgment. The Pretoria High Court dismissed an application by  a private doctors' organization, the Independent Practitioners Association (IPA) Foundation - which was challenging a legislation in the Government Gazette that enables pharmacists to prescribe and dispense antiretroviral medicines without a doctor's prescription. For more on this Elvis Presslin spoke to Mogologolo Phasha, President of the South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC)