The Thailand Network of People Living with HIV (HIV network) is calling on the National Health Security Office (NHSO) to provide more antiretroviral drugs to patients amid a shortage at the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO).
Apiwat Kwangkaew, chair of the HIV network, and other representatives filed a letter with the NHSO, demanding that the government agency solve the problem.
Mr Apiwat said the shortage of the drugs has been going on for a long time, with many patients having been prescribed month-long courses instead of for three to six months.
He said that the shortage has affected the lives of people who require such medication. Some of them were not prescribed the adequate amounts of pills required to resist HIV.
The shortage of HIV medication will eventually lead to overburdening at hospitals, he noted.
The GPO is responsible for providing…
