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US gives $500,000 to roll out ARVs

    JOHANNESBURG

    The United States government has donated antiretroviral (ARV) drugs worth over US $500,000 to Zimbabwe's health ministry, to the benefit of at least 500 HIV-positive people at five hospitals across the country.

    Launching the ARV programme, US Ambassador to Zimbabwe Joseph Sullivan said Washington would continue to work with Zimbabwe to curb the spread of the pandemic.

    According to the Zimbabwe Standard newspaper, the US contribution will support the government's pilot treatment programme, which currently distributes ARVs at two hospitals in Harare and Bulawayo.

    Three other sites are expected to roll out the treatment programme by the end of the year.

    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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