UNAids pledges more support to Zimbabwe

UNAIDS executive director Luiz Loures has said his organisation is prepared to mobilise more resources to support countries such as Zimbabwe to implement new HIV treatment guidelines that the World Health Organisation released last month.

Loures said UNAids was a strong partner in HIV response in Zimbabwe and part of his discussion with both Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Health and Child Care was on availability, accessibility and affordability of ARVs.

Countries would be required to put all people who test HIV positive on treatment regardless of their CD4 Count and give pre-exposure prophylaxis to people at high risk of contracting and spreading HIV such as commercial sex workers.