MEDICAL  TREATMENT  (CONT)

government action and global cooperation are needed to connect the staggering health needs around the globe with the astonishing capabilities of the scientific community.

The US and other governments must initiate serious discussions leading to a global treaty on essential health R&D. My experience with chronic myelogenous leukemia has only deepened my conviction that such a fatal imbalance must be remedied - and without delay, because for millions of people, time is running out.

Dr. Richard Rockefeller is chairman of the Doctors Without Borders board of advisers.

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.