Monday, December 01, 2008
By Thompson Ayodele
While urging all not to be fixated on price of antiretroviral therapy, whose prices have drastically been reduced, Ayodele knows where exactly to lay blame on the worsening pandemic.
"The trade policies of African governments often make the AIDS problem worse. Generic drugs imported into Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are subject to a 10% tariff. The rate jumps to 40% in Sierra Leone, and to 50% in Kenya. Nigeria charges an import tariff of up to 39%."
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