ARV patients to double by 2016

SELEBI-PHIKWE: The number of patients on the anti-retroviral therapy is expected to almost double in the next eight years to 220,600 up from 145,000, President Ian Khama has said.

Speaking yesterday at the World AIDS Day commemorations in Selebi-Phikwe, Khama said that the figure is expected to escalate by nearly 100 percent in 2016, going by the current rate of infection.

Khama said the government will continue to explore more effective and efficient ways to deliver treatment.

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