HIVPlusMag.com
The number of patients on anti-HIV drug waiting lists rose from 35 in May 2008 to 53 in November 2008, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors reported recently. NASTAD attributes this to state budget shortfalls, the relative priority placed on the lives of people with HIV, and the growing number of people being tested for HIV and learning that they carry the virus. AIDS Drug Assistance Programs in Indiana, Montana, and Nebraska have instituted waiting lists; Idaho and Kentucky are expected to do so in March.
