Moldova

International Activity Report, 2009   Transnistria, a politically isolated region in Moldova, has received little aid in the past despite the enormous assistance Moldova receives from international institutions to tackle the country’s HIV/AIDS epidemic. MSF is assisting people living with HIV in this region where prevalence is four times higher than it is in the rest of the country.  Before this intervention there was no treatment available.   In early 2007, MSF, together with the Ministry of Health and local authorities, set up the first HIV/AIDS programme in the region. Patients started receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) at the new department in the main hospital in the capital, Tiraspol. Activities...