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International News Africa: Medecins Sans Frontieres Urges Further Cuts in AIDS Drug Prices for Wider AccessDecember 2, 2003 On World AIDS Day, International medical charity Medecins sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) urged that the price of HIV/AIDS drugs be reduced even more in Africa. "Today, the prices have fallen by another 50 percent, but every time the price comes down, more people can afford treatment," said Morton Rostrup, international council president of MSF. Rostrup said the World Health Organization has moved closer to its target to give 3 million people antiretrovirals by 2005, thus increasing tenfold the number of people now getting the drugs. Currently, MSF treats about 9,000 HIV/AIDS patients in 19 countries at a price of $140 per patient, a price it hopes to reduce to $70. Agence France Presse 12.01.03  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. |
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