Serving patients, not patents.A nonprofit, Christian-owned pharmaceutical factory in India will offer HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. treatment drugs at cost to hospitals and health organizations in India, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Ecumenical News International. Recognizing the need for low-cost and high-quality drugs, Comprehensive Medical Services India has been refining its drug production process since 1988. Today they offer treatments for leprosy leprosy or Hansen's disease (hăn`sənz), chronic, mildly infectious malady capable of producing, when untreated, various deformities and disfigurements. , heart conditions, tuberculosis, and other illnesses to those who serve the impoverished 35 percent of India's population. "Our target is the patient, and not the doctor or the hospital," Moses P. Manohar, director of the Inter-Church Service Association that administers the factory's finances, told ENI. Patent-protected HIV treatments can cost thousands of dollars per year for one person, making expense the primary factor prohibiting the treatment of an epidemic spreading fastest in poorer countries. Production of generic HIV drugs was hotly debated at the 2004 International AIDS Conference Education, networking and the promotion of best practice are essential to enhancing the response to HIV/AIDS. IAS conferences provide opportunities to share experience, and increase the knowledge and expertise of professionals working in HIV/AIDS. , reported the Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. , with protesters shouting, "Break the patents. Treat the people." As of October 2003, 5.1 million people in India were HIV positive. |
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