Civil society group slams Ivermectin programme guidelines Updated Nushera Soodyal Share this: A civil society group campaigning for the urgent approval of Ivermectin says SAHPRA's controlled access programme to the drug has ridiculous expectations of medical practitioners. AFP Yesterday, the health products regulatory authority released the framework of the programme, a day after announcing it would facilitate compassionate access to the medicine to treat COVID-19. Registered medical practitioners will still have to apply, via the Section 21 online submission portal, for permission to prescribe Ivermectin to a single patient. The group, South Africa Has A Right to Ivermectin, has begun a petition that has garnered over 50 000 signatures.