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Malawian Government Supplies 250,000 HIV-Positive Citizens With Free Antiretrovirals

From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

June 29, 2009

The government of Malawi supplies 250,000 of its HIV positive citizens with antiretrovirals (ARVs) free of charge, Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika said during an AIDS candlelight memorial outside of the capital city, Blantyre, on Sunday, the AFP reports. The president pointed to the free ARV program -- which started five years ago with 5,000 initial beneficiaries -- "as a 'success story'" and said that the country would now move to "establish a local company to 'produce ARVs locally and export extra drugs to neighbouring countries,'" the AFP writes. UNAIDS resident coordinator Desmond Johns said that the government should do more to stop the spread of HIV in the country (AFP, 6/28).

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