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US Doctors Look to Africa for Lower-Cost Treatments

Developing nations offer cheap, effective solutions for health care

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 2, 2009 6:33 AM CDT

(Newser) – When an AIDS clinic at the University of Alabama wanted to boost the number of patients who returned for treatment, they didn't look to programs in the rich West for ideas. They went to Zambia, where strategies for treating patients with HIV have succeeded despite... Read full story »

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