Tanzania: Government To Increase ARV Spending

The Tanzanian government last Thursday said it will increase spending by 24.7% in the upcoming fiscal year to allow it to distribute antiretroviral drugs to HIV-positive people at no cost, implement poverty-reduction programs and pay for an election, Reuters reports. The Tanzanian government earlier this year announced that it plans to increase the number of HIV-positive people receiving antiretroviral drugs at no cost from about 4,000 to 44,000.