BONELA blasts GUS over ARVs for foreign inmates

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The Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) has condemned a statement by Assistant Minister of Health Gaotlhaetse Matlhabaphiri regarding government's refusal to provide foreign inmates with Anti-Retroviral (ARV) drugs.

Speaking in Parliament, Matlhabaphiri defended government's stance not to provide foreign inmates with ARV drugs, saying it is costly to do so as inmates find such drugs unavailable in their home countries after returning there, which happens quite often.

However, BONELA maintains that there is lack of political will by the Botswana government regarding this issue.

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