Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi said
they are working to have ARV medication packaged and labelled with patients
names.
Minister Motsoaledi said there will be
challenges especially that there are 2.4 million people on treatment in the
country.
The ARV’s will be packed right from the
manufacturer directly to where the person wants to receive them.
Ministerial Spokesperson Joe Maila said we
are still working on the programme and it will help us a great deal to ease off
the pressure from facilities as to when people go to collect their medication.
Meanwhile responding to allegations by NGO
Stop Stock Outs Project regarding alleged shortage of ARV’s in clinics Minister
Motsoaledi said this is not true.
Ministerial Spokesperson Joe Maila said the
report by the NGO is misguiding this matter needs to be dealt with in a manner
that helps and gives hope to the people who are living with HIV and Aids in the
country.
Maila said we have the busiest HIV
treatment programmes where we have 2.4 million people on treatment and
therefore you expect some challenges in terms of logistics to handle such a big
programme.
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