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A Ministry of Health and Child Care official has confirmed that Zimbabwe currently has 1,188 million people on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART). Dr Chiedza Mupanguri, National ART Coordinator in the Ministry, said the country was almost achieving epidemic control and was doing well in terms of HIV response.
By Robin Muchetu
Mr Jacob Moyo* from Lupanda in Lupane district, Matabeleland North province is a frail 72-year-old man who has been on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) for the past 20 years.
He has a chest problem and often complains about painful joints as a result of arthritis and poor eyesight due to diabetes. Age is also getting the better of him and he finds it difficult to travel to St Luke’s Hospital almost 30km from his village to collect his ARVs.
Further evidence that taking anti-HIV drugs stops gay men passing on the virus to sexual partners has been called a “powerful message” which needs to be spread more widely. A study of nearly 1,000 gay male couples in The Lancet found no cases of HIV transmission over eight years.
Government yesterday assured people on antiretroviral therapy that there are sufficient supplies of the treatment in the country. Over one million people are on ARVs in the country.
A married man from Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly fatally assaulting his maid whom he was having an affair with after discovering that she was HIV positive.