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More ARVs to expire

New Vision (Kampala) - November 12, 2006


Anti-Retroviral (arv) syrup for children worth sh400m will expire at the National Medical Stores.

Acting managing director Apollo Mwesige said over 80,000 packs of the syrup, in addition to 42,555 packs of triomune ARV drugs for adults with HIV/AIDS, will expire in December.

He said on Tuesday, "We have ARV syrup from the Global Fund programme whose uptake is very low and are facing a danger of expiring soon."

Triomune expired in October, leading to the interdiction of managing director Robert rutaagi and stores manager David Bagonza.


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