HIV virus a biological agent says Nobel (peace prize)winner (Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai)
Thursday 24th of May 2012 05:24:42 AM
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| NAIROBI: Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, yesterday reiterated her claim that the Aids virus was a deliberately created biological agent. "Some say that AIDS came from the monkeys, and I doubt that because we have been living with monkeys (since) time immemorial, others say it was a curse from God, but I say it cannot be that. "Us black people are dying more than any other people in this planet," Maathai told a press conference in Nairobi a day after winning the prize for her work in human rights and reversing... |
AIDS drugs get new package
Thursday 24th of May 2012 05:24:42 AM
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| AIDS drugs get new package By Geoffrey Kamali DRUG barons engaged in the illicit export-back business of highly subsidised anti-retroviral drugs to Europe from Africa, are in for a shock. Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), German producers of Crixivan, one of the HIV drugs, has introduced new packaging for its low priced products to Africa. The anti-retrovirals are sold by major producers to a number of developing countries under the Accelerated Access Initiative, managed by the UNAIDS programme. It is expected that other major producers of antiretrovirals will take similar action, making it difficult for middlemen to sell back the... |




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