ARV programme unsustainable - Khama

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President Ian Khama has expressed concern that the cost of providing anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) may be becoming unsustainable as the number of people on the programme increases.

In a speech to mark World AIDS Day commemorations in Selebi-Phikwe yesterday, Khama said the nation needs to understand the cost implication of the ARV programme.

Khama said the only sustainable way to help in the fight against HIV and AIDS would be to change behaviour, reduce the infection rate and the resultant number of people who need to get onto the programme.

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