76. Botswana was the first country in Africa to benefit from lowered prices for anti-AIDS drugs ____.

  1. when the pharmaceutical industry has reduced prices for many drugs by 80-90 per cent
  2. as a result of public pressure and the "quiet diplomacy" of UN
  3. because Botswana is a developing country in Africa
  4. there have been millions of agonizing deaths from AIDS in Africa

77. The idea of providing costly life-saving drugs and complex medical care to sufferers in developing countries ____.

  1. has not unanimously adopted by donor governments, private-sector actors, humanitarian bodies and health care professionals
  2. has been completely agreed to by donor governments, private-sector actors, humanitarian bodies and health care professionals
  3. has been sincerely considered by donor governments, private-sector actors, humanitarian bodies and health care professionals
  4. was said by Dr. Peter Piot, executive director of the Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS

78. By "medical apartheid", the critics condemned the disparity under which ____.

  1. the victims of the poor countries did not have access to the medicines
  2. the poor and the rich alike could not get the medicines
  3. sufferers in the industrialized North gained access to the drugs while those in the impoverished South could not
  4. the very rich countries could get the medicines while the lucky ones could not

79. The following statements are all incorrect EXCEPT ____.

  1. successful delivery in poorer countries has assisted the well-designed and well financed international efforts
  2. extremely high cost of the drugs could divert scarce resources away from more cost-effective education and prevention programs
  3. UNAIDS has attacked the combined education and prevention for those not yet infected, with care and treatment for the millions of people around the world who are
  4. proposals to treat carriers of HIV were regarded as unrealistic by many donor officials and health professionals

80. The last paragraph implies that the treatment of the infected in developing countries ____.

  1. needs to commit the resources and political will to win the battle against AIDS
  2. has to commit the resources and political powers
  3. must shift from whether to treat the infected to how
  4. has undergone a transition for its mission

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