“Uganda has run out of most antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), HIV testing kits, drugs to treat opportunistic infections and several crucial diagnostic tools for HIV care, according to a recent Ministry of Health stock status report [.pdf],” IRIN reports. The report, posted on May 27, “listed the status of medical supplies as of May 1” and “reported that central stocks of a number of first- and second-line ARVs, pediatric ARV formulations and HIV test kits were either out or below the minimum stock levels in country’s three government warehouses — National Medical Stores (NMS), Joint Medical Stores (JMS) and Medical Access Uganda Limited (MAUL),” the news service writes. “The ministry noted that a number for of requests had been sent to partners — including [PEPFAR], the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and pharmaceutical giant Pfizer — to boost stocks,” IRIN notes. “The current shortage is only the latest in a list of supply-chain problems that have caused similar stock-outs of drugs and condoms in the past,” the news service writes, adding, “Activists say continued mismanagement of the distribution chain is harming the country’s HIV response” (6/12).