Mark Heywood: Big Pharma continues to brazenly exercise power over countries

Mark Heywood from the Treatment Action Campaign talks to Kajal Bharadwaj on how Big Pharma’s regressive role remains unchanged, the dangers of the rejection of science and the questions posed by public health crises such as COVID-19

July 01, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch

In the second part of this interview on 40 years of the AIDS pandemic, Kajal Bharadwaj talks to Mark Heywood from the Treatment Action Campaign, South Africa. They discuss the Doha Declaration, the continuing influence of pharmaceutical corporations, the various shades of denialism and rejection of science, and the future of activism.

The first part of this interview can be watched here.


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