The immediate challenge is to convert this generic price into action. The international community must now provide political, practical, and financial support.
Political support is needed for developing countries to overcome barriers posed by patents.
Bush to close White House offices on AIDS President George W. Bush has decided to shut down the White House offices on AIDS policy, 'USA Today' said on Wednesday. Fleischer said that AIDS policy in the Bush administration would be handled by a new AIDS coordinator in the Domestic Policy Council. The magazine's Web site features an automated AIDS counter that keeps track of the growing number of HIV cases in sub-Saharan Africa. The counter, which connects Internet users to the Netaid.org website, is also downloadable and can be e-mailed from one person to another to encourage support for action. Piot said many people in Africa still did not talk about AIDS and refused to recognise that it was a major threat.