By Surihe Gaomas
WINDHOEK
The public health sector’s Anti-Retro Viral (ARV) therapy programme has been described as a success, following the start of its implementation four years ago.
The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Richard Kamwi said the introduction of ARV therapy had become necessary because of the high number of HIV-positive Namibians.
The service, which started off with six pilot hospitals in 2003, rolled out rapidly to all 34 state hospitals in Namibia as well as numerous private medical practitioners.
“To date, more than 40ǟ