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Economists demand free HIV medications for all

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, August 9th, 2005

Unless HIV medications are provided entirely free of charge to patients in developing countries, rather than forcing patients to pay "user fees," the World Health Organization and UNAIDS will never achieve their "3 by 5" target (treating 3 million by the end of 2005), argue two economists.

Alan Whiteside and Sabrina Lee, of the Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa, promote a strategy known as "Free by Five." The Free by Five campaign was launched in November 2004 and it aims to achieve free access for all individuals with HIV to a comprehensive minimum medical package including antiretroviral...

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