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The Aids revolution is why Asean, India and China must resist controls on generic drugs

Anti-AIDS drugs manufactured by an Indian pharmaceutical company. Drastically cheaper generic drugs from India and affordable, active pharmaceutical ingredients from China have ushered in a treatment revolution in developing countries. Photo: AFP

Asia's pandemic expertise can help West Africa fight Ebola

Few people are out on the street in Freetown, Sierra Leone, during a three-day lockdown over the weekend to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus. Photo: AP

Ten years ago, I went on my first mission with MSF to Liberia, specifically Monrovia. It was a year after the end of the second civil war. Fighting was still going on in the midst of the UN's disarmament and demobilisation programme.

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