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Committed to improving the health and welfare of people living with HIV, Rwanda, which has an HIV prevalence rate of 3%, has been treating those infected with HIV/AIDS with antiretroviral drugs since 1999. However, with only one medical doctor per 18,000 people -- and one per 80,000 in rural areas -- Rwanda faces a significant challenge.
Five years ago (2005), the Ministry of Health in Rwanda led a pilot study on "task shifting," in which many of the responsibilities reserved for medical doctors were carried out by nurses instead -- including providing treatment to those living with HIV/AIDS.
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