UGANDA: Hungry HIV-positive patients abandon ARVs – A prolonged dry spell has withered traditional crops
AMURIA, 18 August 2009 (PlusNews): HIV-positive patients in drought-hit eastern Uganda are abandoning their anti-retroviral regimens (medicin, der forhindrer aids i at udvikle sig) in droves, and leaders fear that unless more food becomes available, they will soon be dealing with drug resistance and death.
– In our assessment in Teso (a sub-region in eastern Uganda), we found that HIV/AIDS patients in the region take their ARV drugs on the understanding of food [being available]; in the absence of food, many stop taking their ARVs and this risks their lives, Musa Ecweru, State Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, told IRIN/PlusNews.
A prolonged dry spell has withered the regions traditional crops, leaving hundreds of thousands of people hungry; instead of eating a balanced diet from their farms, they are surviving on a diet of bought maize meal.
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