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I just finished watching this television special on CNN and found it incredibly interesting. Dr. Sanjay Gupta hosted the special discussing a number of issues regarding HIV/AIDS. These included the curent state, opinions from a number of officials from various industries (pharmaceutical, government, HIV+ individuals, and NGOs). Essentially, I want to see from SDN the opinions on regarding some of these issues.
Some of these questions were asked.
1. What would you do to stop the spread and devastation of HIV?
2. What are we currently doing right and wrong is a move towards finding a cure/vaccine?
3. What type of legislation (if need be) could be introduced in places like Europe, Canada, and the United States to alleviate our HIV/AIDS problem and those of other countries?
4. How can we go about improving the situation in the most devastated areas (Africa, India, and Latin America)?
The Chairman & CEO of Pfizer mentioned that it costs money for the research into these medications. However, pharmaceutical companies are not forced to disclose their operations costs. So, even though millions of people are dying world wide from HIV/AIDS, pharmaceutical companies and developed countries continue to make billions of dollars from medication. How can these parties help developing countries to make the financial burden of access to proper medication easier? Please, all opinions welcome.
Some of these questions were asked.
1. What would you do to stop the spread and devastation of HIV?
2. What are we currently doing right and wrong is a move towards finding a cure/vaccine?
3. What type of legislation (if need be) could be introduced in places like Europe, Canada, and the United States to alleviate our HIV/AIDS problem and those of other countries?
4. How can we go about improving the situation in the most devastated areas (Africa, India, and Latin America)?
The Chairman & CEO of Pfizer mentioned that it costs money for the research into these medications. However, pharmaceutical companies are not forced to disclose their operations costs. So, even though millions of people are dying world wide from HIV/AIDS, pharmaceutical companies and developed countries continue to make billions of dollars from medication. How can these parties help developing countries to make the financial burden of access to proper medication easier? Please, all opinions welcome.