An ongoing dialogue on HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases,
February 1st, 2009
Whither PEPFAR?
Mark Dybul will no longer be running the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, the multi-billion dollar international program for HIV treatment program started by Bush in 2003. Some are happy. Others are not. (Note the exquisite use of euphemism — he was “required to submit his resignation“, not “fired.”) Experts on global HIV treatment […]
March 20th, 2008
How to Solve at Least One Part of the Healthcare Mess: ADAP for All
The presidential elections have once again made our Byzantine healthcare system a regular feature in the news. A recent film also made quite a splash, and though Michael Moore offered no plausible solutions (Cuba? c’mon!), he certainly made me wonder what I’d do if I had two severed fingers that needed to be reattached and only enough money […]
Paul E. Sax, MD
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