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    Togo: Haphazard supply of AIDS drugs endangers lives

    A critical shortage of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in Togo has temporarily eased with the arrival of a two-month supply of the life-prolonging medication.

    HIV-positive people and AIDS activists say an unstable supply of ARVs in the country is putting lives in danger.

    A stop-gap consignment of the generic drug, Triomune, arrived from its Indian manufacturer on 28 November, four months after the order had been placed; distribution began the next day. "They are making efforts to catch up on lost time," said Augustin Dokla, president of RAS+, a network for people living with HIV in Togo.

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