Millions of people with AIDS could benefit from life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) medicines, but it will only happen if treatment models become much better adapted to the real-life situation of developing countries, according to MSF.
MORTEN ROSTRUP, MSF International President on the WHO initiative
"MSF really welcomes this (WHO) initiative... Still I think it is very necessary for all of us to put a lot of pressure on local governments so that this treatment will be for free." Click image for the video
MORTEN ROSTRUP, MSF International President in a Nairobi slum
"To really be able to scale up and fight this epidemic ... it is absolutely necessary to adapt the treatment models to the local conditions... Click image for the video
THE CHALLENGE OF SIMPLIFYING AND SCALING UP
In the developing world today, 40 million people are HIV positive. More than six million people are in urgent need of antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, 4.1 million of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa. An estimated 6,500 people die of AIDS each day in this region. Go here
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MSF Press release: To reach millions in need, AIDS treatment must be adapted to poor countries
"Our experience convinces us that treatment must be free for patients," said Christine Jamet, head of mission in Kenya. "If there was a fee, many of those who desperately need these lifesaving drugs would not be able to get them."
Treating AIDS With Dignity
and Urgency
Over 4.5 million of South Africa's population are HIV positive - the largest number of HIV/AIDS people in one country. In Khayelitsha township, Eric Goemaere, MD, works to bring antiretroviral (ARV) treatment to those who need it and to push the government to do much more.
