A factory that will produce treatments for HIV-AIDS is opening in Uganda, the first of its kind in the country.
It aims to reduce the cost of the vital medication by cutting import costs. Locally produced anti-retroviral HIV drugs and anti-malaria drugs should be available by January, Uganda’s health minister told the BBC’s Network Africa.President Yoweri Museveni will open the plant in the capital, Kampala.Uganda has won praise for its vigorous campaign against HIV-AIDS A factory in Kenya has been making similar pills.BBCLocally produced anti-retroviral HIV drugs and anti-malaria drugs should be available by January, Uganda’s health minister told the BBC’s Network Africa.President Yoweri Museveni will open the plant in the capital, Kampala.Uganda has won praise for its vigorous campaign against HIV-AIDS A factory in Kenya has been making similar pills.BBC
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