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Old 23rd Jul 2003, 03:03
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Mike Blackburn
 
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Oh no, I feel a diatribe coming on...

Some figures (ballpark)
1 month HIV treatment = ~R900
1 hour Inkwazi = R 41000

Therefore 1 hour Inkwazi = ~45 months HIV treatment.
It gets better. Cost of Nevaripine (to decrease Mother -to-child transmission of HIV) = $12 per course. = R110 +/-

therefore 1 hour on Inkwazi = 372 courses of Nevaripine. = 372 potential babies without HIV/AIDS.

Now, I agree that the president should have a jet. It looks bad if the pres arrives looking like an economy class SLF victim. This does not mean that any mam ara can ride in the presidential jet. How do these guys sleep at night.
Sorry, has very little to do with aviation, but it is only my background way of thinking.

I confess that I don't know any of the unforseen factors mentioned in the report. I am sure that they were very unforseen....
Puts hard hat on and ducks back into shelter, waits for shelling to begin.....
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