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While AIDS has been a serious health problem from its first appear-ance a quarter of a century ago, it has been strategically developedinto a global health epidemic by the very interest group that pre-tends to fight it – namely the pharmaceutical investment business.

The pharmaceutical multinationals promote the AIDS epidemicparticularly in the developing world for two main reasons: First,they depend on the continuation and expansion of this disease asa multi-billion Rand marketplace for their patented ARVs.Secondly, by forcing the governments of the developing world tospend an ever increasing amount of their national budgets to bepaid to pharmaceutical multinationals – thereby cementing eco-nomic dependency of the poor nations from the rich.

PPHHAARRMMAACCEEUUTTIICCAALL CCOOLLOONNIIAALLIISSMM AANNDD IITTSSCCOONNSSEEQQUUEENNCCEESS FFOORR TTHHEE DDEEVVEELLOOPPIINNGG WWOORRLLDD

Pharmaceutical colonialism is the expansion of the pharmaceuti-cal investment business with disease to the developing world. Themarket of pharmaceutical colonialism is the human body of bil-lions of people living in the developing world and the diseases itharbours. These diseases are the marketplace for a multi-billionRand business with patented drugs.

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PPhhaarrmmaacceeuuttiiccaall mmuullttiinnaattiioonnaallss hhaavvee rreeppllaacceedd tthhee ccoolloonniiaall eemmppiirreess ooffpprreevviioouuss cceennttuurriieess.. TThheeiirr eeccoonnoommiicc ppoowweerr,, hhoowweevveerr,, rreemmaaiinnss tthhee ssaammee..TThhee mmaarrkkeett vvaalluuee ooff tthhee ttwwoo llaarrggeesstt pphhaarrmmaacceeuuttiiccaall mmuullttiinnaattiioonnaallss ––PPffiizzeerr ((UUSSAA)) aanndd GGllaaxxooSSmmiitthhKKlliinnee ((GGSSKK,, UUKK)) –– iiss 334400 BBiilllliioonn DDoollllaarrss..TThhiiss iiss mmoorree tthhaann tthhee ggrroossss nnaattiioonnaall pprroodduucctt ((GGNNPP)) ooff aallmmoosstt tthhee eennttiirreeAAffrriiccaann ccoonnttiinneenntt –– ii..ee.. 4488 oouutt ooff 5533 nnaattiioonnss..

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PPHHAARRMMAACCEEUUTTIICCAALL CCOOLLOONNIIAALLIISSMM IINN AAFFRRIICCAA

•• AAbbbbootttt•• BBaayyeerr•• BBooeehhrriinnggeerr--IInnggeellhheeiimm•• BBrriissttooll--MMyyeerrss SSqquuiibbbb•• GGllaaxxooSSmmiitthhKKlliinnee•• JJoohhnnssoonn && JJoohhnnssoonn

•• MMeerrcckk,, SShhaarrpp && DDoohhmmee•• NNoovvaarrttiiss•• PPffiizzeerr•• RRoocchhee•• SSaannooffii--AAvveennttiiss•• WWyyeetthh

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TThhiiss mmaapp sshhoowwss pphhaarrmmaacceeuuttiiccaall ccoolloonniiaalliissmm oonn tthhee AAffrriiccaann ccoonnttiinneenntt..IInn tthhee ccoouunnttrriieess wwiitthh ggrreeeenn ccoolloouurrss pphhaarrmmaacceeuuttiiccaall ccoommppaanniieess ppllaayy aanniinnssiiggnniiffiiccaanntt rroollee.. TThhee ccoouunnttrriieess wwiitthh lliigghhtt rreedd ccoolloouurrss hhaavvee ssoommee lleevveellooff pphhaarrmmaacceeuuttiiccaall bbuussiinneessss aaccttiivviittyy ((uupp ttoo 88 iinntteerrnnaattiioonnaall ddrruugg ccoommppaa--nniieess)).. OOnnllyy oonnee ccoouunnttrryy –– SSoouutthh AAffrriiccaa –– iiss tthhee ooppeerraattiivvee bbaassiiss ffoorr mmoorreetthhaann 1100 pphhaarrmmaacceeuuttiiccaall mmuullttiinnaattiioonnaallss.. TThhee mmoosstt iimmppoorrttaanntt oonneess aarree::

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This marketplace of pharmaceutical colonialism in the developingworld is a particularly rapid growing one, because the health ofthe people in these countries is already severely compromised bymalnutrition, poverty and other relics of the colonialism of earliercenturies. These preconditions are being strategically used by thepharmaceutical investment business to conquer and expand thesemarkets for their patented drugs.

Since the people in the developing world are – as a result of pre-vious forms of colonialism – generally poor and unable to pay forthe patented drug merchandise, the stakeholders of pharmaceuti-cal colonialism developed strategies to force the governments ofthe developing nations to use its revenues to provide for the“return on investment” for this industry.

Towards this end, pharmaceutical colonialism – through its stake-holders inside and outside the country – continuously increase thepressure on the governments of these developing nations andcoerces them to pay their “tributes” to the pharmaceutical invest-ment business. In order to enforce these tribute payments, pharma-ceutical colonialism establishes specific “pressure groups” insidethese countries that – under the pretext of fighting for “healthrights” – use defamation, intimidation, coercion and even violenceto reach its goals.

Pharmaceutical colonialism in the developing world today hasstrategically replaced the colonialism of earlier centuries. Thisform of colonialism no longer knows any national boundaries, andthe colonial armies have been replaced by the power of interna-tional financial trusts.

The “tribute” payments to the pharmaceutical investment businessfrom the developing world – compelled by the instruments ofpharmaceutical colonialism – are financing the global reign of oneof the most profitable and most unscrupulous investment businessever, with annual revenues surpassing the gross national productof the 100 poorest nations of the world.

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TTHHEE OOPPPPRREESSSSIIVVEE NNAATTUURREE OOFF PPHHAARRMMAACCEEUUTTIICCAALL CCOOLLOONNIIAALLIISSMM

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220000 CCoouunnttrriieess AArree KKeepptt DDeeppeennddeenntt

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DDeevveellooppiinnggWWoorrlldd

DDrruugg CCaarrtteell

GGlloobbaall NNaattuurraall HHeeaalltthh LLiibbeerraattiioonn SSttaarrttss iinn AAffrriiccaa

TThhee ddrruugg CCaarrtteell aanndd tthhee ””GG88”” ccooeerrccee eennttiirreeccoonnttiinneennttss ttoo ccoonnttiinnuuee ssuuppppoorrttiinngg tthhee mmuullttii--bbiilllliioonn ddoollllaarr bbuussiinneessss wwiitthh ttooxxiicc AARRVV ddrruuggss

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AA:: FFrroomm iittss hhoommee bbaassee iinn aaffeeww iinndduussttrriiaalliisseedd ccoouunn--ttrriieess,, tthhee ddrruugg ccaarrtteell ccoonn--ttrroollss mmoorree tthhaann 8800%% ooff tthheegglloobbaall ddrruugg mmaarrkkeett –– aannddaatt tthhee ssaammee ttiimmee tthheeddeeppeennddeennccyy ooff 220000nnaattiioonnss..

BB:: NNooww AAffrriiccaa,, iinn ppaarrttiiccuu--llaarr SSoouutthh AAffrriiccaa,, hhaass ttaakkeenntthhee lleeaadd ttoo bbuuiilldd iittss hheeaalltthhccaarree oonn eeffffeeccttiivvee,, ssaaffee aannddaaffffoorrddaabbllee nnaattuurraall hheeaalltthhaapppprrooaacchheess.. TThhiiss ddeecciissiioonnssaavveess mmiilllliioonnss ooff lliivveess ––bbuutt iitt tthhrreeaatteennss tthhee mmuullttii--bbiilllliioonn ddoollllaarr ‘‘ffrraauudd bbuussii--nneessss wwiitthh ddiisseeaasseess’’ bbyy tthheeddrruugg ccaarrtteell aaccrroossss AAffrriiccaa..

CC:: IInn oorrddeerr ttoo pprreevveenntt tthheeccoollllaappssee ooff tthheeiirr gglloobbaallffrraauudd bbuussiinneessss tthhee ddrruuggccaarrtteell iiss ppuurrrriinngg bbiilllliioonnssiinnttoo AAffrriiccaa ttrryyiinngg ttoo bbrriibbeetthhee ggoovveerrnnmmeennttss ooff AAffrriiccaa..‘‘DDeebbtt rreelliieeff’’ aanndd eeccoonnoommiiccaaiidd wwiillll oonnllyy bbee ggrraanntteedd ttooggoovveerrnnmmeennttss tthhaatt ccoonnttiinnuueettoo iimmppoorrtt ttooxxiicc AAIIDDSSddrruuggss,, aanndd ttuurrnn aawwaayy ffrroommlliiffee--ssaavviinngg nnaattuurraall hheeaalltthhssoolluuttiioonnss.. TThhiiss iiss tthhee bbaacckk--ggrroouunndd ooff tthhee ‘‘GG88 PPllaann ffoorrAAffrriiccaa..’’

DDrruugg CCaarrtteell

DDrruugg CCaarrtteell

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TTHHEE DDEECCEEPPTTIIVVEE NNAATTUURREE OOFF PPHHAARRMMAACCEEUUTTIICCAALL CCOOLLOONNIIAALLIISSMM

Pharmaceutical colonialism is particularly insidious because itlacks all visible characteristics of brutal colonialism. To the con-trary, pharmaceutical colonialism is being deceptively presentedto millions of people in Africa and the developing world under theveil of “charity for people in need” and disguised as “help for peo-ple suffering from diseases.”

Pharmaceutical colonialism is hard to recognise because it isdeceptively camouflaged. As opposed to the openly brutal appear-ance of the colonialism of past centuries, today’s pharmaceuticalcolonialism comes in disguise and has – largely unrecognised bythe people – infiltrated government bodies, corporate structuresand civil society in many countries.

However, as perfectly disguised as these interests of pharmaceuti-cal colonialism may be operating within any society, they can berecognised by their common denominator: they all seek to cementand expand the monopoly of the investment business with patent-ed pharmaceutical drugs on global health.

Pharmaceutical colonialism seeks to expand its global rule justlike the colonialism of previous centuries. In countries where thepharmaceutical investment interests do not directly control thegovernment they will not rest until they have reached this goal bypolitical, economic, and other means. Towards this end the stake-holders of pharmaceutical interests are being placed in all strate-gic sectors of society, including politics, media, pharmaceutically-oriented medicine and civil organisations.

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CCIIVVIILL SSOOCCIIEETTYY AASS AA SSTTRRAATTEEGGIICC TTAARRGGEETT OOFF PPHHAARRMMAACCEEUUTTIICCAALL CCOOLLOONNIIAALLIISSMM

The stakeholders of pharmaceutical colonialism are masters of“deception and confusion”, a tool they strategically use to “divideand conquer”. In order to cement its control within a society it

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TThhee pphhaarrmmaacceeuuttiiccaall mmuullttiinnaattiioonnaallss ppuusshh tthheeiirr mmaarrkkeettiinngg ccaammppaaiiggnnss iinnSSoouutthh AAffrriiccaa wwiitthh tthhee hheellpp ooff lloobbbbyy oorrggaanniissaattiioonnss,, ooppppoossiittiioonn ppoolliittiiccaallppaarrttiieess aanndd pprreessssuurree ggrroouuppss.. TThhrroouugghh tthheemm,, tthheeyy iinnffiillttrraattee ssoo--ccaalllleeddcciivviill ssoocciieettiieess,, iinncclluuddiinngg ttrraaddee uunniioonnss aanndd cchhuurrcchheess.. WWiitthh tthhee hheellpp ooffcceerrttaaiinn mmeeddiiaa,, tthheeyy pprroommoottee tthhee mmuullttii--bbiilllliioonn ddoollllaarr AARRVV bbuussiinneessss aannddppuusshh tthhee ggoovveerrnnmmeenntt ttoo ppaayy ffoorr iitt..

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passes all boundaries of social class, religion and colour. The spe-cific strategic instruments used to cement this control are theshares of drug companies.

While in the developing world, only a minority of people have thefinancial resources to buy stock of pharmaceutical companies, thestakeholders of pharmaceutical colonialism are strategically lob-bying the investments of “institutional investors” such as the pen-sion funds of trade unions and similar financial resources fromcivil society organisations.

Largely unbeknown to the members of these civil organisations,their leaders are thereby strategically co-opted to become servantsof pharmaceutical colonialism and instruments of cementing itscontinuous reign. Most significantly, millions of poor members ofmass organisations, like trade unions, are thereby unwillinglyforced to finance the continuation of pharmaceutical colonialismwith their own money. Thus, millions of people belonging to suchan organisation are harmed twice: they are robbed of their ownmoney that is being used to finance the “business with disease” ofpharmaceutical colonialism that feeds of their own bodies as wellas diseases spread among their families and communities.

In a similar way, the stakeholders of pharmaceutical colonialismare strategically infiltrating other sectors of civil society, includingchurches. In this case, the influence is being bought by “dona-tions” from churches and charitable organisations – mostly locat-ed within the leading pharmaceutical export nations.

Unbeknown to millions of believers in developing countries, thesecharitable organisations abroad are frequently set up or financed bythe pharmaceutical industry and some of their leaders – includingsome church leaders abroad – have close relations to these inter-ests. By means of these “donations,” frequently allocated to financethe purchase of drugs by churches and communities in the devel-oping world, pharmaceutical colonialism even abuses religiousorganisations. This is a particularly malicious instrument, because itviolates the beliefs and sincerity of millions of church members.

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TTHHEE EESSCCAALLAATTIINNGG AAIIDDSS CCRRIISSIISS AASS AA TTOOOOLL OOFF PPHHAARRMMAACCEEUUTTIICCAALL CCOOLLOONNIIAALLIISSMM TTOO MMAAIINNTTAAIINN EECCOONNOOMMIICC DDEEPPEENNDDEENNCCYY

Under this "Samaritan" cover, pharmaceutical colonialism hasdeveloped into one of the most deadly forms of colonialism ever.Drug multinationals use the immune deficiency disease AIDS andother diseases as a multi-billion rand export markets for their toxicand largely ineffective drugs.

To consistently expand their AIDS markets and create ever moreeconomic dependency, the pharmaceutical multinationals areusing unscrupulous marketing schemes: They promote to patientssuffering from immune deficiency diseases, toxic drugs that furtherdamage the immune system, rendering their bodies susceptible tonew infectious diseases and, thereby, creating new drug markets.

Through its “business with AIDS” and other diseases, pharmaceu-tical colonialism takes the lives of people across Africa and thedeveloping world in genocidal proportions and the economies ofentire continents are being kept in shackles.

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Moreover, pharmaceutical colonialism is one of the most impor-tant strategic tools used today by the former colonial powers tomaintain the economic dependency of their former colonies andto cement economic injustice and dependency between the devel-oping and industrialised world. Two out of three leading pharma-ceutical export nations today are identical with the colonialempires of the previous century, namely Great Britain andGermany.

TTEERRMMIINNAATTIINNGG PPHHAARRMMAACCEEUUTTIICCAALL CCOOLLOONNIIAALL--IISSMM AASS AA PPRREECCOONNDDIITTIIOONN FFOORR EECCOONNOOMMIICC IINNDDEEPPEENNDDEENNCCEE OOFF TTHHEE DDEEVVEELLOOPPIINNGG WWOORRLLDD

It is a sobering analysis that the escalating AIDS crisis is not drivenby a lack of ARV drugs but by it is the consequence of pharmaceu-tical colonialism strategically promoting these toxic drugs. Thesooner this analysis is being accepted by the people and govern-ments of the world, the sooner the AIDS epidemic can be haltedand ultimately controlled.

Since the AIDS epidemic has been developed as a strategic tool ofpharmaceutical colonialism to cement the economic imbalancebetween the industrialised and the developing world, controllingand ultimately ending the AIDS epidemic is a key to overcome thisglobal injustice. The termination of pharmaceutical colonialismhas become a precondition for the independent economic pro-gress for the developing countries.

The implementation of micronutrients and other science basednatural health approaches into public health policies is a strategictool to reach this goal and terminate pharmaceutical colonialismas well as its devastating consequences on human lives and theeconomies of developing nations.

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Towards this end, those countries determined to liberate them-selves from pharmaceutical colonialism must take advantage ofscience based natural health. It is an undisputed scientific fact thatoptimum nutrition, particularly vitamins and other micronutrientsimprove the immune function in the human body and they are thebasis of any effective and sustainable national and internationalhealth policies to prevent the development of AIDS and to improvethe quality of life and life expectancy of people living with AIDS.

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NNuuttrriittiioonnaall mmeeddiicciinnee iiss aa mmaajjoorr tthhrreeaatt ttoo pphhaarrmmaacceeuuttiiccaall ccoolloonniiaalliissmm..IItt iiss ssaaffee,, aaffffoorrddaabbllee,, aanndd ccaann bbee uusseedd aannyywwhheerree wwiitthhoouutt aannyy ““ttrriibbuutteeppaayymmeennttss”” ttoo pphhaarrmmaacceeuuttiiccaall mmuullttiinnaattiioonnaallss ffoorr tthheeiirr ppaatteenntteedd ddrruuggss..AAbboovvee aallll,, iitt iiss hhiigghhllyy sscciieennttiiffiicc:: tthhee mmoolleeccuullaarr ssttrruuccttuurree ooff iittss iinnggrreeddii--eennttss –– vviittaammiinnss aanndd ootthheerr mmiiccrroonnuuttrriieennttss –– iiss ddeessccrriibbeedd iinn eevveerryy tteexxtt--bbooookk ooff bbiioollooggyy..

AAnnyyoonnee ttrryyiinngg ttoo ddiissccrreeddiitt nnuuttrriittiioonnaall mmeeddiicciinnee aass uunnsscciieennttiiffiicc ddiiss--qquuaalliiffiieess hhiimmsseellff.. NNoo lleessss tthhaann 99 NNoobbeell PPrriizzeess hhaavvee bbeeeenn aawwaarrddeeddffoorr tthhee ddiissccoovveerryy ooff tthhee hheeaalltthh bbeenneeffiittss ooff vviittaammiinnss..

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The implementation of these basic facts of biological science intopublic health strategies will provide valuable time until ultimatecures, including vaccines, will be found to ultimately eliminateAIDS and other diseases. The sooner this path is taken by the coun-tries of the developing world, the sooner the economies of Africanand other developing nations will recover from the strangulating

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CCeennttuurriieess ooff ccoolloonniiaalliissmm lleefftt mmiilllliioonnss ooff AAffrriiccaannss ppoooorr,, mmaallnnoouurriisshheeddaanndd ssuusscceeppttiibbllee ttoo eeppiiddeemmiiccss.. PPhhaarrmmaacceeuuttiiccaall ccoolloonniiaalliissmm iiss ffeeeeddiinnggffrroomm tthheessee ddiisseeaasseess..

AAfftteerr tthhee lliibbeerraattiioonn ffrroomm aappaarrtthheeiidd,, tthhee nneexxtt cchhaalllleennggee iiss tthhee lliibbeerraattiioonnffrroomm tthhee ““bbuussiinneessss wwiitthh ddiisseeaassee””..

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burden of “tribute” payments to pharmaceutical multinationals forthe import of ineffective, harmful and expensive drugs. In this way,hundreds of billions of Rand will become available for food pro-grammes, education, job creation and other urgent social needs inAfrica and across the developing world

The end of the AIDS epidemic means the end of the pharmaceuti-cal business with this epidemic. There is no question that the drugmultinationals will do everything in their power to prevent thesemulti-billion Rand losses – including litigation to block theadvance of natural health.

But now, with this comprehensive background information beingpart of public awareness, the interests of pharmaceutical colonial-ism can no longer win this battle. Now it is up to the people, todefend their constitutional right to health and life.

TThhee lliibbeerraattiioonn ooff mmaannkkiinndd ffrroomm tthhee yyookkee ooff tthhee pphhaarrmmaacceeuuttiiccaall‘‘bbuussiinneessss wwiitthh ddiisseeaassee’’ iiss tthhee llaarrggeesstt lliibbeerraattiioonn mmoovveemmeenntt ooff aallllttiimmee.. TThhiiss bbaattttllee iiss bbeeiinngg ffoouugghhtt aanndd wwiillll bbee wwoonn ttoo tthhee bbeenneeffiitt oofftthhiiss ggeenneerraattiioonn aanndd aallll ggeenneerraattiioonnss ttoo ccoommee..

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TTeerrmmiinnaattiinngg pphhaarrmmaacceeuuttiiccaall ccoolloonniiaalliissmm iiss aa pprreeccoonnddiittiioonn ffoorr eelliimmii--nnaattiinngg ddiisseeaasseess aanndd bbuuiillddiinngg aa hheeaalltthhyy nnaattiioonn..

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TThhiiss iiss tthhee ””WWoorrlldd HHuunnggeerr MMaapp”” ppuubblliisshheedd bbyy tthhee UUnniitteedd NNaattiioonn’’ssFFoooodd aanndd AAggrriiccuullttuurraall OOrrggaanniissaattiioonn ((FFAAOO)).. FFrroomm ggrreeeenn ttoo yyeellllooww ttoorreedd tthhiiss mmaapp lliissttss tthhee ccoouunnttrriieess wwiitthh tthhee hhiigghheesstt rraatteess ooff mmaallnnuuttrriittiioonnaanndd hhuunnggeerr.. TThhee AAffrriiccaann ccoonnttiinneenntt –– eessppeecciiaallllyy SSuubb--SSaahhaarraann AAffrriiccaa ––iiss tthhee rreeggiioonn wwiitthh tthhee hhiigghheesstt ppeerrcceennttaaggee ooff ppeeooppllee ssuuffffeerriinngg ffrroommhhuunnggeerr aanndd mmaallnnuuttrriittiioonn..

WWOORRLLDD HHUUNNGGEERR MMAAPP((SSoouurrccee FFAAOO))

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AAbboovvee iiss tthhee wwoorrlldd mmaapp ffoorr tthhee ffrreeqquueennccyy ooff HHIIVV iinnffeeccttiioonnss aass ppuubblliisshheeddbbyy tthhee WWoorrlldd HHeeaalltthh OOrrggaanniissaattiioonn ((WWHHOO)) aanndd tthhee UUNN--oorrggaanniissaattiioonn ffoorrAAIIDDSS ((UUNNAAIIDDSS)).. AAggaaiinn,, tthhee rreeggiioonn ooff tthhee wwoorrlldd hhaarrddeesstt hhiitt iiss SSuubb--SSaahhaarraann AAffrriiccaa.. WWhhiillee tthhee ccoommppaarriissoonn ooff tthheessee ttwwoo mmaappss,, ooff ccoouurrssee,,ddooeess nnoott eessttaabblliisshh aa ccaauussaall rreellaattiioonnsshhiipp bbeettwweeeenn mmaallnnuuttrriittiioonn aanndd HHIIVV--iinnffeeccttiioonnss,, iitt ssttrroonnggllyy ssuuggggeessttss tthhaatt mmaallnnuuttrriittiioonn iiss aann iimmppoorrttaanntt ccoonn--ttrriibbuuttiinngg ffaaccttoorr ttoo tthhee ffrreeqquueennccyy ooff iinnffeeccttiioouuss ddiisseeaasseess aass wweellll aass iimmmmuunneeddeeffiicciieenncciieess..

FFiigghhttiinngg hhuunnggeerr aanndd mmaallnnuuttrriittiioonn iiss aann iimmppoorrttaanntt sstteepp ttoowwaarrddss eelliimmiinnaattiinnggddiisseeaasseess aanndd,, tthheerreebbyy,, tteerrmmiinnaattiinngg pphhaarrmmaacceeuuttiiccaall ccoolloonniiaalliissmm..

HHIIVV FFRREEQQUUEENNCCYY AAMMOONNGG AADDUULLTT PPEEOOPPLLEE((SSoouurrccee UUNNAAIIDDSS//WWHHOO))

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