Medecins Sans Frontieres treating HIV/AIDS
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been caring for people living with HIV/AIDS in developing countries since the 1990s.
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Today one-third of the world’s population lacks access to essential medicines. In the poorest parts of Africa and Asia this figure rises to one-half. This means thousands of people are dying from treatable diseases, such as HIV/AIDS.
Caption: Khayelitsha, South Africa. Oct. 2003. MSF clinic. MSF doctor Eric Goemare preparing ARV drugs. Currently MSF treats 650 people with antiretroviral drugs, the largest cohort on treatment in the public sector in South Africa. The use of generic antiretroviral drugs in our clinics has been critical for the success of our programs, since it has proven that antiretroviral drugs can be done in an affordable manner.
Photographer: Francesco Zizola/Magnum Photos | 
Caption: ARV treatment for AIDS patients in Khayelitsha, a township near Cape Town, South Africa.
Photographer: Sebastian Charles | 
Caption: In the women s ward of the district hospital in Kapiri M Poshi, Serafia Kalamitsou, medical doctor, is going through the medical exams of an HIV patient co-infected with TB. It is estimated that 70% of TB patients are also HIV positive.
Photographer: Sophia Ioannou/MSF |
Caption: Former South African president Nelson Mandela has accepted the offer of a beneficiary of the project and has changed his shirt for an HIV-Positive T-shirt.
Photographer: Eric Miller | 
Caption: Hopital de Kailahun. kailahun. t-shirt pour la journée mondiale contre le SIDA Kailahun hospital Person wearing an aids prevention shirt.
Photographer: Cyril Bertrand/MSF | 
Caption: Khayelitsha 29 April 2004 Celebrating 1000 people on the ARV programme. Local women who are part of the programme.
Photographer: Eric Miller |
