Medicine recycling is defined as the process of gathering, sorting, and storing unused medicines before their expiration date, discarding what is no longer viable, and redistributing these medications to non-US territories as humanitarian aid.
Since 1996, the AID FOR AIDS (AFA) HIV Medicine Recycling Program has been a pioneering and essential program that collects unused and unexpired HIV medicine in the US to recycle and redistribute it to people with HIV in the developing world with no access to treatment. Over 37 million people are living with HIV around the world and over 40% still lack access to treatment.
The HIV Medicine Recycling Program is designed to reach people with HIV who are on treatment and who may have unused and unexpired medicine that they no longer need. AFA reaches this population through community-based organizations that support the HIV community, medical centers and health care providers, and even directly through advertisements or mailers.
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