“If we can get cold Coca-Cola and beer to every remote corner of Africa, it should not be impossible to do the same with drugs.”

—  Joep Lange

Talking at the closing ceremony of the 14 International AIDS Conference in Barcelona on 12th July 2002, http://www.thebody.com/content/art926.html

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