Sherrod Brown: “malaria killed 1.1 million people last year; 2.2 million people…”

On the recordJune 26, 2000

malaria killed 1.1 million people last year; 2.2 million people, mostly children, died of diarrheal infections; 2.3 million died of AIDS; 1.5 million of tuberculosis. Mr. Chairman, we know how to treat each of these diseases. We could have saved the lives of many of these people. Countries around the world are attempting to expand access to desperately needed prescription drugs by pursuing competitive strategies explicitly permitted under international trade agreements. The USTR, on behalf of the global prescription drug industry, has made a practice of pressuring these nations to forsake legitimate strategies that can achieve lower prices; strategies like parallel importing and compulsory licensing.

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Sherrod Brown

Democratic · Ohio

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Discussing the impact of diseases and access to prescription drugs during a congressional session.

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Sherrod Brown: “malaria killed 1.1 million people last year; 2.2 million people, mostly children, died of diarrheal infections; 2.3…”

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