The move by the SA government to give ARVs to patients with a CD4 count lower than 500, up from below 350, has been almost universally welcomed, but, reports the [s]Cape Argus[/s], questions were raised about the logistics and financial implications. Professor Jan du Toit, director of the [b]Africa Centre for HIV/Aids Management[/b], said: ‘We need to make sure that infrastructure and systems are in place to manage the extra load of patients, to prevent a stock-out of supplies and other failures we have seen in the [b]Free State[/b] recently.’ [b]Health Department[/b] spokesperson Joe Maila said all concerns had been taken seriously, and would be dealt with in terms of new guidelines which kick in on 1 January.
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