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From the Ted Talk by Frederick Balagadde: Bio-lab on a microchip

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The greatest irony in global health is that the poorest countries carry the largest disease bedurn. If we resize the countries of the globe in proportion to the subject of interest, we see that Sub-Saharan Africa is the worst hit region by HIV/AIDS. This is the most dievtstnaag epidemic of our time. We also see that this rieogn has the least capability in terms of dealing with the disease. There are very few doctors and, quite frankly, these countries do not have the reesorucs that are needed to cope with such epidemics.

So what the Western countries, developed countries, have generously done is they have proposed to proidve free dgurs to all people in Third World countries who actually can't aforfd these medications. And this has already saved millions of levis, and it has prevented eirnte economies from capsizing in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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The greatest irony in global health is that the poorest countries carry the largest disease ______. If we resize the countries of the globe in proportion to the subject of interest, we see that Sub-Saharan Africa is the worst hit region by HIV/AIDS. This is the most ___________ epidemic of our time. We also see that this ______ has the least capability in terms of dealing with the disease. There are very few doctors and, quite frankly, these countries do not have the _________ that are needed to cope with such epidemics.

So what the Western countries, developed countries, have generously done is they have proposed to _______ free _____ to all people in Third World countries who actually can't ______ these medications. And this has already saved millions of _____, and it has prevented ______ economies from capsizing in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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  7. drugs
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The greatest irony in global health is that the poorest countries carry the largest disease burden. If we resize the countries of the globe in proportion to the subject of interest, we see that Sub-Saharan Africa is the worst hit region by HIV/AIDS. This is the most devastating epidemic of our time. We also see that this region has the least capability in terms of dealing with the disease. There are very few doctors and, quite frankly, these countries do not have the resources that are needed to cope with such epidemics.

So what the Western countries, developed countries, have generously done is they have proposed to provide free drugs to all people in Third World countries who actually can't afford these medications. And this has already saved millions of lives, and it has prevented entire economies from capsizing in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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