Romania to stop medication for 10,000 HIV patients

AIDS Wkly Plus. 1999 Oct 11:4-5.

Abstract

PIP: Romania accounted for more than half of European juvenile AIDS cases. Latest data show that 3564 children are infected with HIV and another 5179 developed full-blown AIDS. This is partly because of poor sanitation and unscreened blood. Lack of funds will force Romanian health authorities to infringe free medication for 10,000 people infected with the deadly HIV virus, as disclosed by Dr. Vladimir Strainu, manager of Bucharest¿s hospital for infectious diseases. He added that the interruption of HIV/AIDS treatment for a couple of days would endanger the life of the patients, most of who are children who were infected in the late 1980s through improper medical care.

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome*
  • Adolescent
  • Age Factors
  • Child*
  • Demography
  • Developed Countries
  • Disease
  • Europe
  • Europe, Eastern
  • HIV Infections*
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations*
  • Population
  • Population Characteristics
  • Research*
  • Romania
  • Therapeutics*
  • Virus Diseases

Substances

  • Pharmaceutical Preparations