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Contributor [1]
Thursday, September 9, 2004 - 03:00
Categories: 
Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
173 [3]
Article-Summary: 

The Zambian government declared a five-year emergency over the AIDS pandemic to allow for cheap generic anti-retroviral drugs to be produced locally. The AIDS emergency will be in force from August 2004 to July 2009 and local drugs manufacturers will be allowed to produce cheap AIDS medication for local consumption.

Category: 
Human Security [4]
Oldurl: 
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/hivaids/24463 [5]
Country: 
Zambia [6]

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