Freeze on HIV spending (by the US) sparks concern in AfricaDo you think this is a good decision? Do you think we should not have provided aid for this in the first place? What American needs that aren't currently addressed by the USG do you think should be funded with this money instead of for HIV treatment in Africa? Does this freeze go against
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Also, test kits that are expired don't provide accurate results.
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"According to a cost analysis from the Center for Global Development, an independent research organization, maintaining present successes for the ever-increasing number of patients would cause U.S. AIDS spending to swell to $12 billion by 2016, consuming half the foreign-assistance budget and squeezing out U.S. spending on other programs, including other health initiatives."
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you seem indecisive
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FWIW, what Africa needs it can't get from AIDS relief or all the other money that has been spent on it for the last 50 years.
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First of all, spending PEPFAR funds on prevention in an effort to slow the HIV/AIDS epidemic was a fake argument to begin with. An effective prevention strategy relies on testing. Guess why were people getting tests? It's because treatment was available.
But fine, freeze HIV spending in Africa. Actually, freeze all aid to Africa. But meanwhile, give'm equal trade rules that don't discriminate against them, and they'll produce their own food. And stop imposing your interests on their pharmaceutical industry, and they'll produce their own generic drugs that treat their diseases. You won't? Sure you won't. It'd hit your precious trade interests, right?
Speaking of trade interests, turns out you can suck out Africa's oil through your drilling companies, and its gold & diamonds & metals through your digging companies, but you wouldn't care about countering the negative social impact that this creates? Sure you won't. Because it wouldn't match your economic ( ... )
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Shortly: no.
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