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Contributor [1]
Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 03:00
Categories: 
Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
121 [3]
Article-Summary: 

The Zambian government has instituted criteria to determine which of the country's 200,000 HIV/AIDS patients will have access to free antiretroviral drug treatment, Xinhua News Agency reports. Under the new guidelines, HIV-positive people wishing to access the drugs must undergo voluntary HIV testing and counselling as well as a clinical test to determine their viral load.

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Food & Health [4]
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Country: 
Zambia [6]

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