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Global Fund ARV suspension lifted

    JOHANNESBURG

    The Global Fund on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has lifted its three-month suspension of providing free antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in Swaziland.

    The Fund stopped supplying anti-AIDS medicines in October 2005, demanding that proper mechanisms be implemented to monitor the distribution of the life-prolonging drugs.

    Swaziland's Network of People living with AIDS (SWANEPA) welcomed the resumed distribution, as a number of HIV-positive people were affected by the suspension when hospitals and clinics experienced drug shortages.

    SWANEPA member Vusi Matsebula was quoted as saying by ANDnetwork, an online African news service, "As people living with the virus we ... thank the Global Fund for giving us hope that we'll be able to live longer and be productive in society."

    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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