Calls Made For ARVs For Foreign Inmates
Monday, January 11, 2010
"You are basically condemning the inmates to death," said Uyapo Ndadi, the acting Director of the Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS.
The government does not provide free ARVs to foreigners in local health facilities. This also applies to prisons for foreign inmates.
The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...