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New cocktail of drugs halves the price of AIDS therapy

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    Rwanda has introduced three new AIDS therapy drugs, and halved the treatment price. The drugs - AZT, EPIVIR and CRIXIVAN - are taken in combination to help control opportunistic infections associated with AIDS. The triple therapy will cost US $580 per month per person through the National Centre for AIDS Control (PNLS) rather than the open market price of US $1,230, the Rwanda News Agency reported. The treatment will be available at Kigali’s main referral hospital, Kanombe military hospital and Butare university hospital. According to PNLS, 11 percent of Rwandans are HIV-positive.

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