The process is non-stop. In between that, we're taking phone calls, reading emails, talking with different embassies and organizations about events that they may be having, to include some of those in the show as well. It's very fast-paced. The governments want to have their country represented. That doesn't mean that they give us free access, but in general, they are cooperative because it's an opportunity for their people, as well as folks from around the world, to hear what they have to say.
Several countries have a problem controlling the disease, for many reasons.
Number one, the cost of medicine to treat the disease. Last year, a group of pharmaceutical firms decided that they would cut the cost dramatically for several African countries. Others provide it free. In many parts of Africa people are living on one dollar a day. The health budget for some governments is very limited, and to try to supply all of their AIDS victims with, say, the AIDS cocktail, which one common treatment is referred to, would wipe out their entire budget.