Question
How much do ARVs cost privately in South Africa?
1 May 2012. Related: Access to treatment, All topics, Southern Africa.
Answer
Hi
Drug pricing for HIV meds is complex. It varies depending whether a country is rich or poor because global agreements and treatment programmes recognise that richer countries are able to pay more for basic medicine.
It also related to how serious a health problem in terms of numbers of people who are HIV positive in that country. So although South Africa is a rich country, because HIV affects such a large percentage of the population, it can use generic HIV meds, which are also substantially cheaper.
The cost for ARVs in private are on this web page from the Treatment Action Campaign.
Hello Francis and thanks for getting in touch.
I am very sorry to hear you can’t collect medication from your clinic.
I am afraid we are based in the UK and don’t really know the situation in South Africa.
ARVs in Africa are supposed to be available for people living with HIV as this is a public health issue.
Try emailing GroundUp in confidence to discuss this as they might be able to help:
info@groundup.org.za
I’m Francis and I live in South Africa but I’ve a problem of collect My ARVs medication due to my documentation. I went last time to the clinic but I was prevented from collecting my medication so I would like to know that where can I buy here in South Africa and how much does it cost.
Hello Lindiswa and thanks for getting in touch.
I am very sorry to hear you can’t go to the clinic.
I am afraid we are based in the UK and don’t really know the situation in South Africa.
ARVs in Africa are supposed to be available for people living with HIV as this is a public health issue.
Try emailing GroundUp in confidence to discuss this as they might be able to help:
info@groundup.org.za
I need ARVS I’m HIV positive I can’t go to the clinic