{"id":95103,"date":"2015-02-27T19:21:40","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T19:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=95103"},"modified":"2015-02-27T19:47:13","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T19:47:13","slug":"hivaids-patients-at-risk-antiretrovirals-in-short-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=95103","title":{"rendered":"HIV\/AIDS patients at risk; Antiretrovirals in short supply"},"content":{"rendered":"

The lives of thousands of persons living with HIV\/AIDS could be in danger due to the shortage of antiretroviral drugs, the Ghana Aids Commission has said.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”ZSUIgGtfRVD2FMdkUBU8iW8pHwg9lePH”]The Commission currently needs $7 million \u00a0by close of Saturday to secure drugs for persons living with HIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n

The Accra Director General of the Commission, Dr. Angela El-Adas revealed that the Commission has been faced with the challenge due to the \u00a0loss of about “44 billion dollars in commodities” to the recent Central Medical Stores fire outbreak.<\/p>\n

The Central Medical stores caught fire a month ago<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, burning most of the products in the stores.<\/p>\n

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Speaking at the roundtable discussion on Friday in Accra, the Commission said an appreciable quantity of anti-retroviral drugs were among the numerous items destroyed by the Central Medical Stores fire.<\/p>\n

Reports indicate that over GH\u00a2237 million worth of items were destroyed at the stores.<\/p>\n

Challenges with health care delivery<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Commission has for sometime now been battling to provide healthcare for persons living with the disease.<\/p>\n

A National Fund was earlier set up to support the treatment of people infected with the HIV and AIDS.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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