@Vanjinks 11 July 2020

The world is running out of HIV drugs

Due to the advent and hard hit of the covid 19 pandemic also known as Corona Virus, it was reported by more than 70 countries that they are at risk of running out of antiretroviral drugs according to a survey conducted by the **World Health Organization.** https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/06-07-2020-who-access-to-hiv-medicines-severely-impacted-by-covid-19-as-aids-response-stalls

24 countries also said they have a “critically low” stock of antiretroviral drugs also known as ARVs, these are used as a therapy to treat HIV, we have seen a reduction in their supply as a result of the covid19 pandemic, said the **WHO**.  https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/06-07-2020-who-access-to-hiv-medicines-severely-impacted-by-covid-19-as-aids-response-stalls In May, the WHO and the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS evaluated that AIDS related issues in sub-Saharan Africa could increase due to the disturbance of access to antiretroviral medicine. While there's no remedy for HIV, the infection that causes AIDS, antiretroviral drug is demonstrated to control the infection and forestall contamination to other people. **WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus** said in an announcement. "Nations and their advancement accomplices must do everything they can to guarantee that individuals who need HIV treatment keep on getting to it. We can't let the COVID-19 pandemic fix the hard-won increases in the worldwide reaction to this ailment." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tedros_Adhanom https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/06-07-2020-who-access-to-hiv-medicines-severely-impacted-by-covid-19-as-aids-response-stalls What measures can the WHO put in place to make sure the **ARV drugs** is widely distributed to all countries without Covid19 disturbing this distribution? Drop comments below!!