CAMEROON: Free ARV drugs for all

Cameroons ministry of health has declared that antiretroviral drugs have been made free to anyone eligible as part of a national distribution programme. The decision, made public by health minister Urbain Olanguena Awono in the capital Yaound during a press conference, is part of the 2006-2010 national strategic plan to combat AIDS. The minister stated that the aim is to make ARVs accessible to 75 percent of adults and 100 percent of children requiring this treatment by 2010. First-line and...