MUTARE - Many people living with HIV and AIDS are likely to develop resistance to anti retroviral therapy (ART) due to the shortage of ARV supplies in the rural areas, it has been revealed.A survey carried out by this paper recently exposed the fact that most patients affected by HIV and AIDS have not been receiving drugs for some time.
National Aids Council (NAC) Chief Executive Officer, Tapuwa Magure said they
were expediting the ARV mobile programme to make sure that all those who lived in remote areas could access drugs in time.
The failure by Zimbabwean government to receive the Global Fund under Round
nine is likely to impact programmes that deal with HIV and AIDS. More than 320 000 people in the country are in need of ARV treatment. Of 1, 7 million living with HIV only about 150 000 are obtaining the medication from the public health sector. –
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