Rwanda: HIV - Not Yet Time to Drop the Guard

27 November 2011

As the world prepares to mark World AIDS Day, a new report by the Joint United Nations Program on AIDS (UNAIDS) indicates that Rwanda is one of the three African countries that have achieved universal access to Antiretroviral (ARV) treatment.

UNAIDS defines universal access, as when 80 percent or more of those eligible for treatment are able to get it. Apart form Rwanda; the others are Botswana and Namibia. A few other countries have achieved between 60-80 per cent. Access to ARVs in developing countries is at an average of 47 per cent.

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