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UNAIDS Official Visits Zimbabwe Amid 'Moderate' Drug Shortage

Columbus Mavhunga

   HARARE, ZIMABABWE - A top UNAIDS official is in Zimbabwe as the country
   faces a moderate shortage of the anti-retroviral drugs that stop the
   progress of the disease. The situation is bad for HIV-positive
   Zimbabweans, but worse for prisoners living with the virus who say they
   are struggling to get treatment for opportunistic infections.

   Zimbabwe's maximum security prison is overcrowded, officials say, and
   that is putting a strain on resources, including medicines for inmates
   who have HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

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