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‘With COVID-19, people with HIV were scared of losing access to medicines’

‘With COVID-19, people with HIV were scared of losing access to medicines’

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When COVID-19 locked down Cambodia last year, people with HIV were afraid that they would lose lifesaving access to regular supplies of anti-retroviral drugs.

Fortunately, that never happened, thanks to a successful new medicines distribution scheme - and a little bit of help from social media platforms too - as UNAIDS country director Vladanka Andreeva told UN News’s Daniel Johnson.

Audio Credit
Daniel Johnson, UN News - Geneva
Audio Duration
8'2"
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© UNICEF/Antoine Raab