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The shortage of vital HIV drugs in times of the coronavirus pandemic is complicating lives of those living positively with the condition. The drugs in short supply help in fighting opportunistic illnesses and many are afraid of contracting Covid-19 under the circumstances.
The shortage of drugs related to HIV has been occasioned by withdrawal of donor funding and the government concentrating its medical efforts and money in fighting Covid-19. This situation has made Beatrice Konyiha, a 50-year-old widow from a village in Kisumu, a scared woman for a couple of months. Like many Kenyans living with HIV, she has been unable to access septrin, an antibiotic that helps fight against opportunistic infections for those living with HIV.
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