Indian Government Fights Pfizer For Cheap Hiv/aids Drugs

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

HIV/AIDS Among American Indians and Alaska Natives

HIV/AIDS is a growing problem among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Even though the numbers of HIV and AIDS diagnoses for American Indians and Alaska Natives represent less than 1% of the total number of HIV/AIDS cases reported to CDC's HIV/AIDS Reporting System, when population size is taken into account, American Indians and Alaska Natives in 2005 ranked 3rd in rates of HIV/AIDS diagnosis, after blacks (including African Americans) and...

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Cheap Drugs

Dear Docs, Is there any way some one, who can not afford drugs here, can buy drugs from India(CIPLA), or some other country which produce cheap drugs, or where drugs are very cheap?...

Response from Anne Donnelly

Public Policy Director, Project Inform

Unfortunately, the Indian drug manufacturing firm that you are referring to only offers its substantially lower prices to governments and other large distributing entities that are able to distribute drugs in certain low-income and developing... Read more »

Political Views? (BARACK OBAMA PLAN TO FIGHT HIV/AIDS)

Hello Dr. Rob,This is my first visit to your forum. I have read only a handful of your posts and have gotten a lot of valuable information from them. The one question that I have is regarding your political views. You are in a place to give so...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Welcome to the forum. I'm pleased that after reading "only a handful" of my responses you "have gotten a lot of valuable information." I encourage you to keep reading and continue learning! As for politics,... Read more »

IS ITTRUE AIDS CURATIVE DRUGS OBTAINED BY HOOTONE(INDIAN PHARMACIUTICAL)

is it really true that the AIDS curative drugs obtained?if yes why not the pharmaceutical company sold its product in different countries?please tell the company to distribute the drugs in every corner of the worldthank u...

Response from Lisa Hightow-Weidman, M.D., M.P.H.

University of North Carolina

Hello there-To the best of my knowledge (and I keep up on this stuff) there are currently NO curative drugs for HIV. The current medications we have do a very good job at suppressing the viral but that does that equal a cure. Take care,LHW... Read more »

HIV/AIDS Fight Remains High Priority for United States?

Hi Dr.Take a look to this statement http://www.america.gov/st/health-english/2007/May/20070522175313atiayduj0.4688532.html and tell us what do you think about it, is it true? I think that we are lossing the battle against VIH/AIDS, but then I...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi E.L.,The truth is that Bush's much-lauded Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has succeeded on some levels by providing life-sustaining antiretroviral drugs to some of those in need in selected countries. However, PEPFAR's... Read more »

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