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Access to essential medicines

19 November 2007, 17:22 CET
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Infectious diseases are responsible for almost half of all deaths in developing countries, and half of these diseases are caused by HIV (AIDS), tuberculosis and malaria. More than 2 billion inhabitants of the world do not have regular access to adequate treatment and cure. AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria alone kill 5 million people each year mostly in developing countries.

The link address is: http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/global/medecine/index_en.htm

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