Affordable Access to Essential Medication in Developing Countries: Conflicts between Ethical and Economic Imperatives
@article{Schuklenk2002AffordableAT, title={Affordable Access to Essential Medication in Developing Countries: Conflicts between Ethical and Economic Imperatives}, author={Udo Schuklenk and Richard Edmund Ashcroft}, journal={HEN: HIV/AIDS (Sub-Topic)}, year={2002} }
Recent economic and political advances in developing countries on the African continent and South East Asia are threatened by the rising death and morbidity rates of HIV/AIDS. In the first part of this paper we explain the reasons for the absence of affordable access to essential AIDS medication. In the second part we take a closer look at some of the pivotal frameworks relevant for this situation and undertake an ethical analysis of these frameworks. In the third part we discuss a few of the…
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