MSF introduced ARVs in Chiradzulu (CHDZ) in 2001. Today, more than 55% of the patients who started treatment in 2001 in are still actively followed by MSF as well as alive and healthy. By September 2011, MSF is following 30,000 HIV positive patients in CHDZ, 22 000 are receiving ARVs, 12.5% of whom are children.
10 Years of antiretroviral treatment in Malawi by MSF
31 December 2011
MSF introduced ARVs in Chiradzulu (CHDZ) in 2001. Today, more than 55% of the patients who started treatment in 2001 in are still actively followed by MSF as well as alive and healthy. By September 2011, MSF is following 30,000 HIV positive patients in CHDZ, 22 000 are receiving ARVs, 12.5% of whom are children.