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Cabinet seeks solution on Nevirapine

    JOHANNESBURG

    South African Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang is currently discussing the efficacy of the anti-AIDS drug, Nevirapine, with drug manufacturers, provincial health ministers and other stakeholders.

    The minister told the recent AIDS conference in Bangkok that the single-dose drug, used nationwide to combat mother-to-child transmission of HIV, led to resistance.

    As a result, the cabinet has given Tshabalala-Msimang until the end of July to determine a new direction on the use of Nevirapine.

    Cabinet spokesman Joel Netshitenzhe told a local newspaper, Business Day, that HIV-positive mothers receiving the single dose of the drug would now be "more vigorously" informed of the risks of developing resistance to Nevirapine.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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