A Deadly Shortage
The crisis in stocks of HIV/AIDS drugs is a dangerous threat. Its supply and distribution must be transparent.
December 2, 2008
WHEN kerosene and formula milk disappeared from markets the public immediately panicked and protested to the government. But when the antiretroviral (AVR) drug became scarce in October, the reaction was silence. The people who complained are those concerned with the problem of HIV/AIDS or those involved with dealing with the fatal and as yet incurable disease. The people who are really panicking are, of course, those whom the government has an obl
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