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I voted in favour of the motion for a resolution on the Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative. Tropical diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and sleeping sickness claim millions of victims every year. This is due in particular to the fact that these diseases are becoming more resistant to drugs and to the lack of treatment options, which has come about because research has been stopped for the simple reason that it is unprofitable. In view of the fact that the number of new cases of tuberculosis throughout the world is still a cause for concern four years before the deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), we should intervene immediately. Health services in the majority of developing countries come nowhere near meeting the needs of local populations. The structural adjustment programmes of the 1990s made matters worse by causing drastic cuts to social budgets. I believe that tuberculosis vaccinations should be carried out primarily in clinics and hospitals in developing countries, and a public healthcare system should be restored to this end. Governments must fulfil their duty of ensuring public healthcare services for the entire population, since this is an elementary right enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights."@en1
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