US gives $1.5m worth of emergency anti-retroviral drugs to Ghana to prevent national shortage
The US government has given Ghana emergency anti-retroviral drugs worth $1.5 million.
In a press release issued by the US Embassy in Accra and copied to ghanabusinessnews.com, it says the provision of the drugs was meant “to prevent a potential national shortage which threatened treatment for thousands of Ghanaians living with HIV/AIDS.”
The drugs were handed over to the Ministry of Health. And according to the US government, it is “to avert stock shortages of the drug and a few procurement challenges across the country.”
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Ghana in May 2011 requested a one-time emergency supply from the “PEPFAR Emergency Commodity Fund for Ghana.” The emergency supply will ensure that all Ghanaians who need anti-retroviral drugs receive them, it said.
By Emmanuel K. Dogbevi