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Anti-Aids Drugs in South Africa: An Argument for Global Community

Caroline G. Redding

  • Caroline G. Redding
    Caroline G. Redding
    Caroline G. Redding University of Connecticut
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Abstract

In recent years the issue of how to provide Aids drugs to developing countries has been brought to the forefront of international and domestic debate. This issue is of particular importance to sub-Saharan Africa as Aids rates spiral out of control, threatening to bust the budgets of the fragile and underdeveloped health care systems of some of the poorest countries in the world. The Aids drugs debate has drawn a great deal of attention from a variety of constituencies, including pharmaceutical multinational corporations, national governments, international organisations and non-governmental organisations. The most notable result of the debate has been the apparent creation of a new global community. Comprised of various advocacy groups and individuals this community has taken the Aids drugs debate beyond the traditional Westphalian model of nation state interaction and created a model for global participatory democracy.

Anti-Aids Drugs in South Africa: An Argument for Global Community: Caroline G. Redding

Ces dernières années, la question de savoir comment fournir des médicaments contre le sida aux pays en développement a été portée au premier plan du débat international et national. Cette question revêt une importance particulière pour l'Afrique subsaharienne alors que les taux de sida deviennent incontrôlables, menaçant de faire exploser les budgets des systèmes de santé fragiles et sous-développés de certains des pays les plus pauvres du monde. Le débat sur les médicaments contre le sida a attiré beaucoup d'attention de la part d'une variété d'électeurs, y compris les sociétés pharmaceutiques multinationales, les gouvernements nationaux, les organisations internationales et les organisations non gouvernementales. Le résultat le plus notable du débat a été la création apparente d'une nouvelle communauté mondiale. Composée de divers groupes de défense et d'individus, cette communauté a poussé le débat sur les médicaments contre le sida au-delà du modèle westphalien traditionnel d'interaction entre les États-nations et a créé un modèle de démocratie participative mondiale.

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Anti-Aids Community South Africa sub-Saharan Africa

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