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AIDS AND IMPERIALISM: THE WORLD AIDS AGENDA
We are currently witnessing the criminal negligence of the pharmaceutical industry, of the Bush administration and of other governments and institutions, in the limitation of access to antiretrovirals (ARV) for people who live with HIV or AIDS, particularly in Africa, a continent besieged by HIV/AIDS. Neither the pharmaceutical companies who have ARVs, nor the governments who have the money, nor the governments who could amend their laws to make inexpensive generic ARVs available, none are prepared to prolong or rescue lives, primarily African lives. These are some of the initial reflections made by Jesse McLaren, a Canadian doctor and activist, in his speech “AIDS and Imperialism; money for AIDS, not for war”, presented at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada, celebrated August 14-18, 2006.
We are currently witnessing the criminal negligence of the pharmaceutical industry, of the Bush administration and of other governments and institutions, in the limitation of access to antiretrovirals (ARV) for people who live with HIV or AIDS, particularly in Africa, a continent besieged by HIV/AIDS. Neither the pharmaceutical companies who have ARVs, nor the governments who have the money, nor the governments who could amend their laws to make inexpensive generic ARVs available, none are prepared to prolong or rescue lives, primarily African lives. These are some of the initial reflections made by Jesse McLaren, a Canadian doctor and activist, in his speech “AIDS and Imperialism; money for AIDS, not for war”, presented at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada, celebrated August 14-18, 2006.
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