How is it that every time the debate on treating AIDS pops up (in this case triggered by a military junta in Thailand seeking to deflect criticism of its regime) it is always a re-run of the drug price issue?
Drugs are the smallest part of the cost of treating people with HIV and countries that do not improve their public health systems or increase spending on training, facilities and infrastructure will not get pills to patients. Similarly, countries that rush pills into production will promote drug resistance...
Here's a great article by Hudson Institute's Jerry Norris that makes the case against deja vu on HIV:
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/editorial/detail.asp?onNews=&GRP=i&id=96521
Drugs are the smallest part of the cost of treating people with HIV and countries that do not improve their public health systems or increase spending on training, facilities and infrastructure will not get pills to patients. Similarly, countries that rush pills into production will promote drug resistance...
Here's a great article by Hudson Institute's Jerry Norris that makes the case against deja vu on HIV:
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/editorial/detail.asp?onNews=&GRP=i&id=96521
