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Government plans to manufacture HIV/AIDS medicine

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    Ghana hopes to begin manufacturing generic versions of HIV/AIDS drugs soon, the Accra radio JOY FM reported Minister of Health Richard Anane as saying. Two local pharmaceutical companies have been short-listed but the government plans to contract only one.

    The government is also negotiating with a Thai firm to help the local company manufacture the drug, JOY FM reported. Locally produced drugs would substantially reduce the costs to consumers. An anti-retroviral cocktail costs on average US $55 per month.

    A consignment of drugs necessary in the prevention of mother-to-child infections is expected to be delivered in October, Anane said.

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