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Few on AIDS treatment despite low cost

    JOHANNESBURG

    Cheaper antiretrovirals in Uganda have resulted in an increased number of people on treatment, the Ministry of Health has announced.

    A local newspaper, New Vision, quoted Health Minister Jim Muhwezi, as saying: "The cost of the drugs has dropped from US $31 to $16 for a month's treatment - more people can afford them."

    According to Muhwezi, the number of people on government-subsidised treatment has risen from 15,000 to at 25,000 as a result of the price cut, but 75,000 people in desperate need of treatment still had no access to drugs.

    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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