South Africans Demand AIDS Treatment (2001)
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Channel: Journeyman Pictures · 2018 · News & Politics
Cry For AIDS Drugs (March 2001) - To combat the AIDS epidemic the South African government wants to import cheap generic copies of expensive drugs. But multinational pharmaceutical companies are aggressively defending their patents. Subscribe to Journeyman here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures The dispute is enormously important for all developing countries. It raises questions about the morality of pharmaceutical giants making profits from overpricing life saving drugs, when millions of lives are at stake. One in 10 of South Africa's population is now HIV-positive. Despite the fact that over 400,000 South Africans have died of AIDS to date, president Thabo Mbeki previously denied that combating the epidemic is a national priority. For more information, visit https://www.journeyman.tv/film/940 Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/journeymanpictures Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JourneymanNews https://twitter.com/JourneymanVOD Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/journeymanpictures Hedgehog Productions – Ref. 0940
