An acute shortage of antiretroviral drugs has hit public hospitals, exposing People Living with HIV and Aids (PLWHA) to much suffering. In Nyanza, the Network for People Living with HIV accused the Ministry of Health of not admitting there is shortage and keeping quiet as PLWHAs suffer. He said many HIV and Aids programmes in the region were funded by donors and the funding was getting reduced. ARVs shortage has also hit Nyeri County but PLWHAs in Murang’a said they have enough stock. For the last three months, PLWHAs in Nyeri have only received one-month supply of ARVs, down from their usual supply of six months.

Source: Standard Digital March 27, 2021 21:36 UTC