GDP per person living with HIV/AIDS

[James Love <love@cptech.org>]

Shivan Mehta has put together a web page
on the GDP per person living with HIV/AIDS
in several countries, here:

  http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/sa/aidsgdp1.html

A few countries show the problems in access to
HIV/AIDS drugs:


Using 1997 data:

Country           $ GDP per person
                    living with HIV/AIDS

  Group 1

Japan             $ 616,210,735
UK                $  51,459,520
France            $  12,659,100
USA               $   9,553,702


  Group 2

Thailand          $     197,319
India             $      93,065
South Africa      $      44,515
Botswana          $      26,684
Uganda            $       7,077
Zambia            $       5,019
Mozambique        $       2,294


It comes as no suprise that countries in Group 1 have 
generally been hostile to compulsory licensing of HIV/AIDS 
drugs, while countries in group 2 have generally been 
supportive.  

    Jamie

-- 
James Love, Director, Consumer Project on Technology
I can be reached at love@cptech.org, by telephone 202.387.8030,
by fax at 202.234.5176. CPT web page is http://www.cptech.org