Shortages of crucial HIV medicines due to aid cuts are a ‘warning’, say experts
A survey by the International Planned Parenthood Federation reveals that over half of HIV care providers have faced stock shortages of essential medicines and tests in the last year. Experts warn that aid cuts are threatening decades of progress in global HIV management.
Why it matters
Supply chain failures for critical health treatments pose an immediate threat to public health and infection control in vulnerable regions.
A nurse tells a woman in Papua New Guinea that she has HIV after her blood test was positive. The IPPF found five countries had no tests to offer. Photograph: AFP/Getty A nurse tells a woman in Papua New Guinea that she has HIV after her blood test was positive. The IPPF found five countries had no tests to offer. Photograph: AFP/Getty Aid cuts Global health Shortages of crucial HIV medicines due to aid cuts are a ‘warning’, say experts More than half of organisations providing HIV care surveyed by International Planned Parenthood Federation said they had run out of stock at some point during past 12 months
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