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Democratic republic of congo: treating HIV/AIDS in a conflict zone.
At Peace deal might be on the able after years of brutal conflict, but ordinary people continue to live under the terrifying spectre of violence, mass murder and rape. Much of the country remains in a state of emergency in terms of health. Whilst the end of most of the active fighting has enabled MSF to travel to places that were previously too unsafe to enter, the true state of the nation's fragile health is coming disturbingly to light.
HIV/AIDS is laying siege to this country the size of Europe.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) currently estimates that 100,000 people are dying from HIV/AIDS each year in the DRC. Yet a single pill, costing just a few pence, could save them.
In October 2003, MSF started providing the only antiretroviral (ARV) treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS in the town of Bukavu, in the east of the country. This was the first time we had attempted to provide HIV/AIDS treatment in the middle of a war. Yet the fact that our patients have got better, have resumed their normal lives is proof that it is possible to provide effective medical care to people living with HIV/AIDS in even the most desperate situations. Even when fighting broke out again in Bukavu in May last year, cutting off many of our patients from us and forcing others to flee into Rwanda, 92 percent managed to continue taking their medication.
ARV treatment is not a cure but it does give people the chance to live healthy, full lives for many years. MSF has been able to expand treatment in poor countries due to low priced generic fixed-dose combination therapies. Most ...
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