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Drugs against HIV will be available to the population of the poorest countries
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Former US President Bill Clinton announced an agreement with pharmaceutical companies in India that the minimum cost of therapy for HIV-infected residents of the world's poorest countries would be about $ 200 per year.
Former US President Bill Clinton agreed with nine of the largest Indian pharmaceutical companies to reduce the price of drugs for HIV / AIDS treatment for developing countries.
According to the agreement, preparations of combined therapy of drug-resistant forms of HIV infection (atazanavir, ritonavir, tenofovir, efavirenz, tazanavir) will be delivered to the poorest regions of the world at a price of $ 200 per course.
Despite constant efforts to improve the situation with HIV / AIDS treatment in the poorest regions of the world, there are still many patients in Africa, for example, obsolete medications (nevirapine) causing severe side effects, such as liver necrosis.
Availability of antiretroviral drugs of the first and second line will enable the patient suffering from HIV / AIDS to take medicines for life, the former president of the United States stressed. To finance the project - first of all, the expansion of production of medicines in India, will be Unitaid, an independent fund at the UN.
In 2002, Bill Clinton founded the Clinton HIV / AIDS Initiative Foundation, whose main task is to provide access to antiretroviral therapy for the population of the poorest countries. According to Clinton, through the efforts of his foundation, more than two million patients worldwide have access to life-saving drugs for the treatment of HIV.
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