Paul Biya Buys Antiretroviral Drugs for CFAF 5 Billion

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- Thursday, 08 August 2013 07:16

(Business in Cameroon) - Cameroon’s President, Paul Biya has ordered the disbursement of 5 billion francs CFA for the purchase of antiretroviral drugs for the “treatment” of Cameroonian patients living with HIV/AIDS, the Minister of Health, André Mama Fouda announced last Monday during a press conference in Yaoundé.

In total, he said, the state will mobilize 10.8 billion for the operation and 9.2 billion is also expected from partners.

With these funds, we learned, government hopes to provide medical support for people living with HIV / AIDS for 16 months. For more than a year, support centers for people living with HIV/AIDS around the country were low on stock of antiretroviral drugs.

The prevalence rate of HIV / AIDS in Cameroon was estimated at 4.3% last year of a total population of some 20 million inhabitants.

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