War-Torn Eastern Ukraine Will Exhaust HIV Medicine Supplies If Blockade Not Lifted, U.N. Envoy Says
Agence France-Presse: 8,000 HIV patients at risk in Eastern Ukraine: U.N. envoy
“Some 8,000 people with HIV in war-torn eastern Ukraine face a critical shortage of medicine and their supply will run out in mid-August unless a blockade is lifted, a U.N. AIDS envoy has warned. Speaking to AFP ahead of the International AIDS Society (IAS) conference, which opened Sunday, Michel Kazatchkine called on key nations to intervene as soon as possible…” (7/19).
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