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There has been much improvement in Africa in the last decade. Many dictaroships are now gone, and new (still weak, but there) democracies formed. There are also less wars and civil wars in Africa now than 10 yearsago. Sadly, this is not reported as often
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“The subject no longer has to be mentioned by name. Someone is sick. Someone else is feeling better now. A friend has just gone back into the hospital. Another has died. The unspoken name, of course, is AIDS.”
“From the point of view of the pharmaceutical industry, the AIDS problem has already been solved. After all, we already have a drug which can be sold at the incredible price of $8, 000 an annual dose, and which has the added virtue of not diminishing the market by actually curing anyone.”
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