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New Aids drug rolled out
NewsDay Staff ·
The National Aids Council (NAC) has availed new antiretroviral (ARV) drugs worth $4,5 million to the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare for distribution among disadvantaged people living with the HIV and Aids virus.
The new drug, Tenofovir, does not include Stavudine, which had a side-effects problem.
The drugs were handed over by NAC board chairperson Reverend Murombedzi Kuchera to acting Health and Child Welfare minister Sydney Sekeramayi at a function held in Harare on Thursday.
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