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MSF urges quality healthcare with AIDS drugs

    JOHANNESBURG

    People living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria are in need of education in maintaining their anti-AIDS medication regimen, the international NGO, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has said.

    MSF's country chief, Sebastian Weber, told Agence France-Presse his organisation welcomed the government's recently announced plans to expand its drug rollout, but "just handing out drugs is not enough to save lives".

    According to Weber, any programme that did not succeed in helping patients adhere to the strict treatment regimen was "condemned to fail".

    It is estimated that only 14,000 people currently have access to ARVs at designated sites, out of 200,000 targeted for treatment by the end of 2005.

    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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