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A lack of antiretroviral drugs is the "biggest" problem facing HIV/AIDS treatment programs in Africa, according to Robert Colebunders, a Belgian researcher at Uganda's Infectious Disease Institute at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, the Chicago Tribune reports. According to the United Nations, there are about 28 million HIV-positive people in Africa but only 4% of people who need antiretrovirals are receiving them.