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{
"time": "2007-04-18 15:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Stephen Lewis",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"570571\" data-originallang=\"en\">As the legislation is now constituted, the measures in to identify the drugs by way of colour or container in a specific fashion would prevent diversion, and that is true of many of the drugs that are coming from various sources. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"570572\" data-originallang=\"en\">The problem isn't so much, frankly, one of diversion. That hasn't been a vexing difficulty in most of the African countries with high prevalence rates. What they need is security--sustainability of supply and of resources. They obviously need some help with training and retraining to fill the gaps of human capacity, and they obviously need some help in the repair of the infrastructure, but if we could be sure that there were countries of significant capability, both within Africa and outside Africa, who could supply a flow of generic drugs at a very low price, then I think that if the G8 delivers on the promises it has made in terms of financing, we would be able ultimately to confront the pandemic.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"570571\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Dans la loi actuelle, les mesures pr\u00e9vues pour identifier les m\u00e9dicaments par la couleur ou l'emballage \u00e9viteraient leur d\u00e9tournement, et c'est vrai pour de nombreux m\u00e9dicaments provenant de diverses sources.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"570572\" data-originallang=\"en\">Tr\u00e8s franchement, le vrai probl\u00e8me n'est pas le d\u00e9tournement. Cela n'a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 un probl\u00e8me grave dans la plupart des pays africains ayant des taux \u00e9lev\u00e9s d'infection. Ce qui leur manque, c'est la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 \u2014 d'approvisionnement et de ressources. Ils ont \u00e9videmment besoin d'aide pour la formation professionnelle afin de combler leurs carences en capacit\u00e9s humaines, et ils ont \u00e9videmment besoin d'aide pour r\u00e9parer l'infrastructure mais, si nous pouvions \u00eatre s\u00fbrs qu'il y a des pays ayant des capacit\u00e9s importantes, en Afrique ou ailleurs, pour assurer l'acheminement de m\u00e9dicaments g\u00e9n\u00e9riques \u00e0 tr\u00e8s bas prix, alors je pense que, si le G8 tenait les promesses qu'il a faites en mati\u00e8re de financement, nous finirions par ma\u00eetriser la pand\u00e9mie.</p>"
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"url": "/committees/industry/39-1/54/stephen-lewis-7/",
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