MOZAMBIQUE: Govt announces ARV expansion plan

The Mozambican Health Ministry plans to have 50,000 HIV-positive people on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment by the end of this year.

However, Health Minister Ivo Garrido stressed that existing anti-AIDS programmes, as well as other services, would have to be decentralised in order to achieve this.

Close to 20,000 people are currently accessing treatment, almost half of them in the capital, Maputo.

According to the official news agency, AIM, Garrido suggested that greater strides in providing treatment could be made by integrating all HIV/AIDS activities with existing local health services.

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