Unintended Consequences?

Major donors have lavished attention on the "big three" health care epidemics plaguing the developing world: HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. But is this emphasis detracting from helping poor countries develop their basic health infrastructure? An investigation in the Sunday Los Angeles Times says yes. The story quotes several prominent physician-activists like Paul Farmer of Partners in Health criticizing the tunnel-vision approach of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tubeculosis and Malaria and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

The article has generated a heated debate in the posted on-line comments, with many thoughtful comments on both sides of the argument.