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First Free Treatment Programme for Aids Patients Launched
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The international medical relief organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and the Tigray Regional Health Bureau this week launched the first programme of free anti-retrovirals (ARVs) for the treatment of HIV/AIDS patients in Ethiopia, according to a press statement issued by MSF on Tuesday.
The first 13 patients at the Kahsay Abera hospital in the northwestern town of Humera had started receiving their ARVs, it said. The statement noted that the new ARV programme was a component of the commitment by the government and MSF to increase the availability of ARVs for patients in need of them.