"); NewWindow.document.close(); return false; }

Cheaper drugs for HIV-positive people
Tuesday 7 September 2004
Home About PlusNews Country Profiles News Briefs Special Reports Subscribe Archive IRINnews
Search    

Regions
Africa
East Africa
Great Lakes
Horn of Africa
Southern Africa
·Angola
·Botswana
·Comoros
·Lesotho
·Madagascar
·Malawi
·Mauritus
·Mozambique
·Namibia
·South Africa
·Swaziland
·Zambia
·Zimbabwe
West Africa
RSSyndication
RSS - News Briefs

Features
PlusNews E-mail Subscription
 

COTE D IVOIRE: Cheaper drugs for HIV-positive people


[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]


JOHANNESBURG, 7 June (PLUSNEWS) - Cote d'Ivoire has announced plans to slash the price of antiretroviral treatment for thousands of people living with HIV/AIDS.

The Ministry of Health said the price reduction was made possible with the help of US $14 million from the United States under President George Bush's $15 billion initiative to tackle HIV/AIDS in Africa and the Carribean.

A briefing paper issued by the Ivorian government said close to 80,000 people across the country would have access to the cheaper anti-AIDS drugs by 2008.

Health Minister ALbert Mabri Toikeuse said 2,015 HIV-positive people were already benefiting from the low-cost drugs.

[ENDS]

MORE NEWS BRIEFS

 
Recent COTE D IVOIRE Reports
Nurses run checkpoint gauntlet to get medicines for north,  30/Aug/04
Government slashes price of ARV treatment for AIDS,  3/Jun/04
AIDS activists angry at slow disbursement from Global Fund,  11/May/04
More than half the patients tested in rebel hospital HIV positive,  27/Jan/04
Activists warn against complacency over HIV/AIDS,  16/Dec/03
Links
The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria
AEGIS
The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria
Mothers and HIV/AIDS

PlusNews does not take responsibility for info in links supplied.
PARTNERS

PlusNews is produced under the banner of RHAIN, the Southern African Regional HIV/AIDS Information Network. RHAIN's members currently include:
  • UNAIDS
  • IRIN
  • Inter Press Service (IPS)
  • SAfAIDS
  • PANOS
  • Health Systems Trust
  • Health & Development Networks
  • GTZ/Afronets

[Back] [Home Page]

Click to send any feedback, comments or questions you have about IRIN's Website or if you prefer you can send an Email to

The material contained on this Web site comes to you via IRIN, a UN humanitarian information unit, but may not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. If you re-print, copy, archive or re-post any item on this site, please retain this credit and disclaimer. Quotations or extracts should include attribution to the original sources. All graphics and Images on this site may not be re-produced without the express permission of the original owner. All materials copyright © UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 2004