Tuesday 5 June, 2012 - 14:24
According to a report in the New Age newspaper, at least six provinces are running low on antiretrovirals (ARVs).
The paper further cites one incident in which a patient had to switch medication because the regular ARVs were unavailable.
About 1.7 million people in South Africa are on government’s anti-retroviral treatment (ART) programme.
To read the article titled, “AIDS drug shortage in 6 provinces,” click here.
Source:
Sowetan Live
