Introduction
Heralded as the most deadly disease in human history, the presence of AIDS in Africa is explosive, representing 64.5% of the world's infected population and 77.4% of deaths (equating to 2.4 million individuals). An epicenter for infectious activity, Sub-Saharan Africa generates 65.3% of the 4.9 million new cases developed each year. Marginalized by poverty, poor diet and lack of private insurance, only a minute proportion of the 25.8 million people infected gain access to anti-retroviral drug therapy subsidized by private funding, corporate and non-governmental organizations.
With current individual treatment averaging $15,000 per year, human advocacy groups argue that there are two epidemics – a physiological one for the wealthy and a financial one for the poor. While pharmaceutical companies profit from billions of dollars in revenue, their ethical intentions are acutely questioned by governments, NGOs and consumers igniting controversy for solutions to this......

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Title: Aids Pharmaceutical
Approximate Word Count: 3100
Approximate Pages: 13 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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