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| Title: | US NY: PUB LTE: Odd Priorities On Health |
| Published On: | 2001-08-28 |
| Source: | New York Times (NY) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-25 09:39:57 |
ODD PRIORITIES ON HEALTH
To the Editor:
"China Now Facing an AIDS Epidemic, a Top Aide Admits" (front page, Aug.
24) cites a United Nations estimate that 20 million Chinese could have
H.I.V. by 2010 and that China is responding by allocating $12 million a
year "for AIDS prevention and control."
In the same issue you report that the United States is paying an
advertising agency $160 million a year "to handle the media duties" of the
White House Office of National Drug Control Policy -- at a time when 80
percent of all addicts have no access to treatment.
In both countries, these figures suggest exceedingly bizarre priorities and
ensure huge costs -- in fiscal terms as well as in loss of life.
ROBERT NEWMAN, M.D.
New York
Aug. 24, 2001
The writer is director, Edmond de Rothschild Foundation Chemical Dependency
Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center.
To the Editor:
"China Now Facing an AIDS Epidemic, a Top Aide Admits" (front page, Aug.
24) cites a United Nations estimate that 20 million Chinese could have
H.I.V. by 2010 and that China is responding by allocating $12 million a
year "for AIDS prevention and control."
In the same issue you report that the United States is paying an
advertising agency $160 million a year "to handle the media duties" of the
White House Office of National Drug Control Policy -- at a time when 80
percent of all addicts have no access to treatment.
In both countries, these figures suggest exceedingly bizarre priorities and
ensure huge costs -- in fiscal terms as well as in loss of life.
ROBERT NEWMAN, M.D.
New York
Aug. 24, 2001
The writer is director, Edmond de Rothschild Foundation Chemical Dependency
Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center.
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