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Outcry as people living with HIV receive expired ARVs amid acute drug shortages

By Mercy Kahenda | 1h ago
A section of expired ARVs dispensed to people living with HIV. [Benard Orwongo, Standard]

She took Antiretroviral (ARV), but quickly noticed they had expired.

This was after checking the bottle and noticing that the life-saving drugs had expired.

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