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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Haiti, Small Caribbean Islands to Get Cheaper HIV/AIDS DrugsApril 28, 2003 This article is part of TheBody.com's archive. Because it contains information that may no longer be accurate, this article should only be considered a historical document. Haiti and countries of the nine-nation Organization of
Eastern Caribbean States will soon get brand-name antiretroviral
drugs at a price of $500 per person each year, Edward Greene, the
assistant secretary general of human and social development for
the Caribbean Community, said Thursday. The Bill Clinton
Foundation on HIV/AIDS and the Pan American Health Organization
are assisting the Caribbean in negotiating cheaper prices for
antiretroviral drugs with six leading pharmaceutical firms,
Greene said. "We anticipate that Haiti will be fast-tracked also
and that by the end of May, Haiti will be having even lower
prices than the others given the level and nature of poverty," he
said. Negotiators have already secured brand-name antiretroviral
drugs for $800 for the other Caribbean countries, down from
$1,000 that the region and drug companies last agreed to in July
at the 14th International AIDS Conference in Spain.
Back to other CDC news for April 28, 2003 This article is part of TheBody.com's archive. Because it contains information that may no longer be accurate, this article should only be considered a historical document. Agence France Presse 04.24.03 This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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