NACO Bows To Activists’ Pressure On AIDS Treatment In India, Says AHF

Bowing to an increasing need for more effective AIDS treatments in India and recent high-profile public advocacy from a broad coalition of AIDS activists, India’s National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) and Health Minister A. Ramadoss will announce the rollout of lifesaving second-line antiretroviral treatment (ART) in India in a ceremony on World AIDS Day, Saturday, December 1st. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Aid / Disasters on December 2nd, 2007