“There's no greater gift than thinking that you had some impact on the world, for the better.”
– Gloria Steinem
Just do it
Over 100,000 people are infected with drug resistant tuberculosis in India. The most resistant cases need access to either one or both —bedaquiline and delamanid
The government has not tried to license these life-saving drugs to ensure production and affordability. Instead, it has accepted donation only to be used in six government funded centers across the whole country
Donated, 10,600 courses of bedaquiline and 400 courses of delamanid are not nearly enough to meet current and future needs of these drugs
The government has moved at a glacial pace in even using these drugs. Only about 600 patients have had access to bedaquiline till date. Is donation the best way to ensure drug availability?
Well, it’s too late tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We’re one, but we’re not the same
We get to carry each other, carry each other
— One, U2
The Irish rock band U2 committed the proceeds from its hit number ‘One’ to AIDS research over two decades ago. The song was intended to shame pharmaceutical giants; to make them provide HIV drugs to those who could not afford them in the developing world.
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