Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trials for drug that leaves HIV defenceless

[Vaj]

On Jul 11, 2006, at 12:23 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Jul 11, 2006, at 11:47 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Good news. Now the question is going to be, will the company that developed this drug make it available at a reasonable cost to the millions in Africa and other places around the world who are dying of AIDS? I haven't heard a follow-up to this, but an Indian Industrial   Pharmacist IIRC learned the process for the current antiretrovirus   "cocktail" and was going to give it to African governments gratis.   They would have been able to produce doses dirt cheap--dollars a   month--and the Africans refused. There is certainly more 'meat' to this story. *Why* would they refuse? For example, were they threatened with a cessation of or reduction of US aid if they went for it? That has certainly happened in the past, with the US threatening to cancel aid to a country if it allowed free abortions or dispensing of birth  control products. IIRC it had to do with conspiracy theories the African officials had about why we *really* wanted to give these drugs to them. For example one African president did not believe that HIV caused AIDS ! __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___