Increased cases of drug resistant HIV are contributing to shortages of Abacavier, a drug given to HIV positive people, who would have failed or reacted to initial drug combinations, thereby exerting pressure on traditional stocks of the drug. Secretary for Health and Child Care Dr Gerald Gwinji said in an interview yesterday that the stock raptures of Abacavier could be because the number of people resistant to the HIV first line treatment had gone up.
Those who would have problems with the first line treatment are moved to the second line treatment which involves taking Abacavier.
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