Word: affordability
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...Officials in Indonesia said they were angry that viruses from their country might be used to make a commercial bird flu vaccine that they themselves would never be able to afford. They had a point; poor developing nations are often priced out of needed medicines, and they're likely to be the last in line for vaccine during a pandemic. Desperate to get the supply of samples flowing once more, WHO officials came to Jakarta in late March to broker a deal, assuring Indonesia that their samples would not be given to drug companies without the government's permission. Indonesia...
...Because developing nations have emphasized that they can't afford to jeopardize the pace of economic growth for the sake of the environment, the only climate-change solutions they're likely to accept will be ones that come cheap. Fortunately the IPCC says that's possible-the new report concludes that the cost of stabilizing global carbon emissions by 2030 could require as little as one-tenth of a percentage point per year of global growth through the end of the century. Those costs will have to be borne by someone, and the developing nations will rightly push for North...
...policy paper (which have historically been almost uniformly ignored by the administration) will not advance their cause. Instead, if it cannot find a willing ear within University Hall, the UC should build support for reform among sympathetic and influential faculty members and students until the administration cannot afford not to listen.It is a sad irony that we are taught, throughout our time at the College, that disagreements can be worked out through reasoned, passionate debate, but when it comes to policies that affect students, disagreement is ignored. Decisions are issued by fiat, sometimes condescendingly and oftentimes without rationale...
...goals of the Picture Balata tour was to afford American audiences the rare opportunity to hear the unfiltered thoughts of three bright children from Balata refugee camp and see the photographic concepts that they themselves developed. We regret that Shai Bronshtein found these children’s reality too difficult to bear and instead of coming to terms with it, used his column space in the Harvard Crimson to deny these kids’ experiences and perpetuate myths...
...reflect the urgency of the issue,” said Aguilera, who is a member of The Crimson’s editorial board. “The rallies and the meetings are not urgent enough. There are people who are working full-time and still can’t afford to feed their families. We want to bring back that sense of humanity.” Security guard Aryt Alasti said in a phone interview that he has worked seven nights a week for the past 20 years to make ends meet and looks forward to a wage increase...