natural ressources as $$$ --- this idea came to me while volunteering in Namibia: here I was spending my holidays to work in a country sitting on diamonds. In a Global Health Class with a Novartis Board Member (>60y old ;-) I raised the question: if payment is a problem for the Pharma giants, why not take natural ressources as a "payment garant"? Of course it does not apply to all LMIC, but to more than one. His answer showed me clearly it was a "politically not correct" question. Why? because it's working very well for ams??

Source author: Katharina Beyer katharina.beyer@etu.unige.ch