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’50% Of HIV/AIDS Zambian Patients Responding Well To New ARV Drug’
Health Minister Joseph Kasonde says 50 percent of people living with HIV and AIDS are already responding well to the new anti-retro viral drug, Truvada.
Dr Kasonde has disclosed that the ministry of Health is very careful with ensuring that people living with HIV and AIDS are given adequate treatment and attention.
Dr. Kasonde says it is also important to note that people living with HIV and AIDS may take time to respond to treatment and others many respond quickly depending on their CD4 count and other health complications.
He explains that the ministry of health is still closely monitoring the progress of all patients who are on the anti- retro viral therapy Stavudine but have now changed to Truvada due to some side effects such as paralysis.
And Dr. Kasonde says there enough drugs for anti -retroviral therapy treatment.
The Health Minister has since called on all medical personnel to always give in their best when handling people living with HIV and AIDS.
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Facts
May 9, 2013 at 4:18 pm
its because they are not smoking it to get high like the South africans do.
Ba game
May 9, 2013 at 6:33 pm
@facts kansi ndiye mwamene ilili? sinenzoziba ati nimwamene inankalila boi. you would hav tod me kudala ati bamabema ma ARV’s coz nalema na NSUNKO.
ARV Abuse in South Africa News Report (4/6/09)
May 9, 2013 at 10:54 pm
check it out on youtube,
Anti Retro-Viral Drug Efavirenz abuse news piece in South Africa.
A drug intended to treat HIV and AIDS is sweeping the townships of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is cheap and powerfully addictive.
Kan
May 10, 2013 at 11:00 am
Truvada is not a new drug