Stephen Lewis: Millions of Unnecessary AIDS Deaths in Africa
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Channel: Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs · 2009 · News & Politics
"Why are there only 1,300,000 people by 2006 whose lives will be prolonged and sustained by antiretroviral treatment?" asks Stephen Lewis. "We have the drugs, at very low cost, generic compositions largely coming out of India—fixed-dose combinations, three drugs in one pill, taken twice a day. In the next few months the brand-name pharmaceuticals may well have a fixed-dose combination which will require only one pill a day. We have regimens which are easy to follow, and the adherence to the regimen in Africa is often better than in the United States. Why are we only 20 percent along the way?" This Carnegie Council talk took place on March 28, 2006. For the full video, audio, and transcript, go to http://www.cceia.org
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