This week, Former US President Bill Clinton addressed a crowd in Vienna on the current state of HIV programs. One of his main focuses was the way HIV drugs are delivered to those in need:
Simpler drug delivery systems - Speaking at the International AIDS Conference earlier this week, Bernhard Schwartlander, UNAIDS director for evidence, strategy and results, noted that between two-thirds and 80 percent of money spent on HIV is not drug-related - it is related to service delivery, patient monitoring, and laboratory costs.
More efficient drug procurement and supply chains would go a long way towards making programmes more cost-effective and efficient. In Uganda, for instance, supply chain woes have left people without drugs, in some instances because ARVs were allowed to expire before being dispensed.
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