Monday, December 03, 2018

HIV in Zimbabwe

AlJ reports the economic crisis is making treatment of HIV difficult for patients.


Pharmacies and hospitals are not able to keep consistent stocks and, even when they do have the medicine, some will only accept payment in US dollars because the local currency loses value daily. Doctors in Zimbabwe worry that if patients are unable to take or stop taking their medication, they will develop drug-resistant strains of HIV that are harder and even more expensive to treat.

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