--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Her sources seem pretty good to me. She also is > interested in your > sources, Gautam. I know that you are more > interested in the truth than any > particular program, and I know Neli feels the same > way. I am honestly > curious to see what is going on here. Maybe we can > actually push a little > towards a better plan.
Dan - I' not in any sense claiming that the Bush Administration's position is ideal. Very far from that, in fact. I certainly agree with you that they aren't putting nearly enough effort on the C part. My major point, though, is that before the Administration focused on "ABC" the international AIDS community was pretty much ignoring it, and I would hope that they would get some credit for actually being willing to back something that works, as opposed to the traditional NGO position of strongly supporting policies that have no chance whatsoever of being effective. I think it's better than what has been done in the past (I could, of course, be wrong) and I'm sure Nelli knows more than I do. My major two sources, are, unfortunately, conversations with Administration people who have made this argument (that the structures to support funding don't exist) and McKinsey documents on pharma efforts in Africa (which confirmed that this is a major problem that everybody trying to fight AIDS deals with, and one only likely to be amplified by the much larger-scale efforts of the American government). The first was a set of off-the-record panel discussions in various places, and the second I would be sued if I said any more than I already have, so, umm, that's the best I can do... ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
