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Contributor [1]
Thursday, December 19, 2002 - 02:00
Categories: 
Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
93 [3]
Article-Summary: 

The United States has held out against other members of the World Trade Organisation, refusing to agree to a third draft of an agreement on how to grant developing countries wider access to low-cost drugs, including antiretroviral medications, the Associated Press reports.

Category: 
Global South [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/hivaids/12255 [5]

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