... clinical drug studies that requires thousands of human volunteers which is also very expensive. (Prusoff A19) The standard cost for an AIDS patient in the United States and other developed countries for antiretroviral drugs is $10,000 to $15,000 per year. This is a price that South Africa can not afford. Even if the prices had been discounted to a price that ... the private sector worldwide. (Crosette A1) The agreement of the global drug companies to sell their products at discounted prices will put less of a financial burden on the governments of underdeveloped nations as well as devel...

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... being sent get used correctly? And, are there any abusing the system? Here are some disturbing numbers, Sixteen African countries south of the Sahara have more than one -tenth of the adult population (aged 15-49) infected with HIV. In seven countries, all in the southern cone of the continent, at least one adult in five is living with the virus. &bull ... simple preventive measures, we can make AIDS a non-factor anywhere. The problem is that to implement something like this in our country is easy compare to implementing anything in an underdeveloped nation. The governments of many of th...

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... clinical drug studies that requires thousands of human volunteers which is also very expensive. (Prusoff A19) The standard cost for an AIDS patient in the United States and other developed countries for antiretroviral drugs is $10,000 to $15,000 per year. This is a price that South Africa can not afford. Even if the prices had been discounted to a price that ... the private sector worldwide. (Crosette A1) The agreement of the global drug companies to sell their products at discounted prices will put less of a financial burden on the governments of underdeveloped nations as well as devel...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School