|
|
|
ZAMBIA: Free anti-AIDS drugs for Christmas
[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]
JOHANNESBURG, 16 August (PLUSNEWS) - The Zambian Ministry of Health says it has procured enough anti-AIDS drugs to treat 100,000 HIV-positive people by December.
Health ministry spokesman Victor Mukonka told the Zambian News Agency that plans were underway for the establishment of additional treatment sites to support the increased rollout of antiretrovirals.
The government recently announced that debt relief by the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised nations would allow it to use millions of dollars for providing free anti-AIDS drugs to HIV-positive people.
Some 13,000 of the estimated 200,000 Zambians in urgent need of the life-prolonging drugs currently have access to them.
[ENDS]
MORE NEWS BRIEFS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Links |
Le portail d'informations générales de la Côte d’Ivoire
|
Sida Info Services
|
Le Fonds mondial de lutte contre le SIDA, la tuberculose et le paludisme
|
Le Réseau Afrique 2000
|
The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria
|
|
PlusNews does not take responsibility for info in links supplied.
|
|
|
|
|
[Back] [Home Page]
Click here to send any feedback, comments or questions you have about PlusNews Website or if you prefer you can send an Email to Webmaster
Copyright © IRIN 2005
The material contained on www.PlusNews.org comes to you via IRIN, a UN humanitarian news and information service, but may not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies.
All PlusNews material may be reposted or reprinted free-of-charge; refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use. IRIN is a project of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
|
