Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders presented the report it co-authored with the World Health Organization Monday at the 13th International Conference on AIDS in Africa in Nairobi, Kenya.

Overall, the World Health Organization says six million people in developing countries need so-called anti-retroviral treatment, but only 300-thousand are receiving it.

Anti-retroviral treatment is used when HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, begins attacking the immune system, enhancing the lethal potential of common illnesses.

Individuals can carry HIV for several years before anti-retroviral treatment becomes necessary.

The report presented in Nairobi is warning African countries to develop strategies for importing, or making cheaper copies of anti-retroviral drugs. It delivered a mixed report, saying HIV and AIDS patients have good access to medication in Malawi. But it also said Kenya's public sector is only now beginning to purchase anti-retrovirals.

Doctors Without Borders and the WHO say it is possible to access treatment for less than one dollar a day.