Tuesday, February 24, 2009

How much money does the goverment or private corporations spends doing research on HIV/AIDS

How much money does the goverment or private corporations spends doing research on HIV/AIDS?

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These organizations contribute increasing amounts of money to confront AIDS and other pressing global health issues. UNAIDS [8] reports that in 1996, approximately US$330 million was available for HIV/AIDS initiatives worldwide, a figure which had risen to US$4.7 billion by 2003. Although this represents a huge increase in funding, it is still less than half the amount of US$12 billion that is now required, and this exigency is expected to rise to US$20 billion by 2007.
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not enough money
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You can look up specific numbers spent by the government. You could also ask specific private corporations for the amount of money they spend on HIV/AIDS. I don't believe the foremost problem is a funding problem. The private corporations first priority is to make a profit. The majority of politicians care about themselves first. I would venture to say helping people is at best their third priority. The top HIV/AIDS researcher in the country understands what the combination of medicine and politics and the private corporate world is all about.

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