Roger Bate | 11 Mar 2024 | Union Leader
In the time it takes you to read this column, at least 10 people in poor countries will die from diseases that are preventable and curable. Instead of improving access to critical medicines, many countries keep drugs out or make them too expensive.
Richard Tren & Roger Bate | 27 Feb 2024 | TCS Daily
For many years, AIDS activist groups have campaigned for cheaper drugs, wider access to treatment and against the stigma of AIDS. In many respects, their campaigns have been successful; the prices of AIDS drugs have fallen dramatically and more and more people are now receiving life-saving AIDS treatment. Much of that success however has been due to the private sector, donors and charities finding solutions on the ground that work. Some of the activist activity has been ideological in nature and more concerned with bashing the research-based drugs industry than finding real solutions that work.
Richard Tren & Jasson Urbach | 13 Dec 2023 | Business Day (South Africa)
Africa can achieve prosperity too, but it has to be more open to trade; must stop blaming others for its problems; and has to improve the institutions of a free society.
Roger Bate | 05 Dec 2023 | Medical Progress Today
Why taxes and tariffs on medicines in developing nations is a fatal policy.
Richard Tren | 03 Nov 2023 | TCS Daily
AFM Director Richard Tren discusses positive trends in Mozambique.
Roger Bate, Richard Tren & Archbishop Pius Ncube | 27 Jul 2023 | Embassy Magazine
Part two of Embassy's three-part series on Zimbabwe by Archbishop Pius Ncube, Dr. Roger Bate, and Richard Tren.
Roger Bate, Richard Tren & Archbishop Pius Ncube | 20 Jul 2023 | Embassy Magazine
Up to 1.5 million people homeless, more than 300,000 homes destroyed, more than 46,000 people arrested, over 4 million people starving - Embassy's three-part report on Zimbabwe by Archbishop Pius Ncube, Dr. Roger Bate, and Richard Tren.
Richard Tren & Roger Bate | 20 Jun 2023 | TCS Daily
Richard Tren argues against the East African trade ministers intention to subject essential medicines to import taxes.
Roger Bate | 29 May 2023 | Daily Telegraph (UK)
Campaigns to raise awareness can sometimes give the impression that all we need is for some glamorous celebrities to click their fingers for the problem to be solved.
Roger Bate | 24 May 2023 | Business Day (South Africa)
Our analysis shows that if medicine tariffs were removed, tens of millions of the poorest people in countries such as Nigeria, India and Tanzania would probably have access to medicines and other products that could save their lives.