Access to HIV testing and treatment
As part of the company's efforts to fight HIV/AIDS in the developing world, Abbott has made rapid HIV tests and its HIV medicines broadly available at significantly reduced prices or at no profit in the developing world; for more information click here.
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Josphat and his wife, Elizabeth, received HIV therapy with Abbott’s HIV medicines through a local treatment program in Kenya. Both have dedicated their lives to helping others affected by HIV; Elizabeth helps with home visits to HIV patients, and Josphat is a leader of a local HIV patient support group. A few years ago, Josphat suggested to his doctor that HIV-positive patients could be effectively trained to serve as community health workers. This approach proved successful, and now Abbott is supporting the expansion of the program to other communities.
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