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...genetic purity” of its food, refusing to allow the import of genetically modified food from the U.S. or other countries. This policy has not only been the source of an unseemly spat with the U.S., but has also contributed to the starvation of thousands of people in sub-Saharan Africa...
...Percentage of those with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa who are women...
Utilitarian philosopher and Princeton Professor Peter Singer offers a conservative estimate that by donating $200 to a charity that fights starvation and disease in sub-Saharan Africa, you can save one human life by saving a child from an early death. The U.N. estimates that 70 million people will die of the AIDS in the next 20 years alone. At present, the disease turns another child into an orphan every 14 seconds. We cannot put African AIDS patients ahead of our family members when we decide how to spend money. However, we can give up trivial possessions and unnecessary indulgences...
Even after people are infected with HIV, their lives can be extended greatly by taking antiretrovirals, or protease inhibitors. Unfortunately, these American-patented drugs are currently too expensive for patients in the developing world because we prefer to save pharmaceutical profits instead of human lives. Parts of sub-Saharan Africa have been declared in a “state of emergency,” which means they are legally allowed to breach patents and produce the drugs at little or no profit. However, they have been unable to find a company to do this...
...This is our job,” he says. Using an anti-plagiarism service “would be like sub-contracting your grading to a grading company. I think it’s our onus as faculty to...determine whether or not it’s actually genuine work...