Mozambique: Study boosts AIDS treatment hopes

AIDS drug treatment programmes can be scaled up effectively in poor areas, and do not lead to the high levels of drug resistance that many had feared, according to preliminary results from Mozambique. The DREAM (Drug Resource Enhancement against AIDS in Mozambique) programme - part of a national strategy to provide antiretroviral drug treatment (ART) to people living with HIV/AIDS - has also confirmed that state-of-the-art laboratory facilities are an important part of monitoring treatment.