August 25, 201412 yr Author I just didn't include that in the chart that I put together in the initial post. Let me check on those numbers.... Here's what the numbers for HIV and AIDS look like: 2012 [table=width: 700, class: grid] [tr] [td]Disease[/td] [td]Total $ Spent On Research In The US[/td] [td]Total Deaths In The US *[/td] [td]Total Deaths Worldwide t[/td] [td]Research $ Spent Per Death In US[/td] [td]Research $ Spent Per Death Worldwide[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]HIV / AIDS[/td] [td]$3.074 billion[/td] [td]15,500[/td] [td]1,700,000[/td] [td]$198,322.58[/td] [td]$1,808.24[/td] [/tr] [/table] * Statistics were found through aids.gov t Statistics were found through avert.org
August 25, 201412 yr Here's what the numbers for HIV and AIDS look like: 2012 [table=width: 700, class: grid] [tr] [td]Disease[/td] [td]Total $ Spent On Research In The US[/td] [td]Total Deaths In The US *[/td] [td]Total Deaths Worldwide t[/td] [td]Research $ Spent Per Death In US[/td] [td]Research $ Spent Per Death Worldwide[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]HIV / AIDS[/td] [td]$3.074 billion[/td] [td]15,500[/td] [td]1,700,000[/td] [td]$198,322.58[/td] [td]$1,808.24[/td] [/tr] [/table] * Statistics were found through aids.gov t Statistics were found through avert.org Thanks CWB. I thought it was a much larger number than what was spent on other research.
August 25, 201412 yr Author Thanks CWB. I thought it was a much larger number than what was spent on other research. I'd be interested to see how much money is being spent by other developed countries on this one. The United States has .9% of the AIDS related deaths, worldwide, and we're spending a pretty serious amount of money researching the disease. Similar story with malaria, which is CLEARLY not a disease of the first world. I'm glad to see us contributing to fighting those diseases in the world, but I would certainly hope the effort is shared in other first world countries. Think about it, though...we have literally ten times more people dying annually in the United States from lung cancer than we do from AIDS, yet AIDS gets more than thirteen times the research funding.
August 25, 201412 yr I'd be interested to see how much money is being spent by other developed countries on this one. The United States has .9% of the AIDS related deaths, worldwide, and we're spending a pretty serious amount of money researching the disease. Similar story with malaria, which is CLEARLY not a disease of the first world. I'm glad to see us contributing to fighting those diseases in the world, but I would certainly hope the effort is shared in other first world countries. Think about it, though...we have literally ten times more people dying annually in the United States from lung cancer than we do from AIDS, yet AIDS gets more than thirteen times the research funding. Lots of major charities (and university-funded studies) dedicated to HIV AIDS research for quite a while now. Lots of big money thrown at it. And to be fair... 1.7 million deaths worldwide... that's going to create some attention.
August 25, 201412 yr Author Lots of major charities (and university-funded studies) dedicated to HIV AIDS research for quite a while now. Lots of big money thrown at it. And to be fair... 1.7 million deaths worldwide... that's going to create some attention. I agree with you on all counts. I just would like to know that people in other countries understand that we do things like this in the United States.
August 25, 201412 yr I also think that HIV being a virus drives a lot of funding. There is hope that a vaccine can be developed to simply block its spread. COPD is tougher to pin down. We're not talking about a virus we need to stop multiplying, we're trying to figure out how to reverse a fundamental alteration to the lungs. I think the concrete notion of being able to develop a vaccine that would simply end the problem makes explaining the purpose of studies to potential donors a lot easier.
August 25, 201412 yr I agree with you on all counts. I just would like to know that people in other countries understand that we do things like this in the United States. Agreed. I also agree that I'd love to see the other countries' numbers on this as well. No other country has the wealth or the pre-existing institutions and infrastructure necessary to even begin to conduct research on the scale we can here.
August 27, 201412 yr Just saw this on FB: [ATTACH=CONFIG]46611[/ATTACH] Has to be true if it was on Facebook.
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