Mozambique: Local Production of ARVs

With an HIV prevalence of over 12 percent, Mozambique is one of many African countries grappling with the challenge of supplying treatment to citizens who risk succumbing to AIDS-related diseases. A proposal to build the country's first-ever factory for manufacturing generic anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) may provide some hope in this respect, however. Brazil is assisting Mozambique with the initiative.