In Africa, wariness toward science impedes research & development
By G. Pascal Zachary
In Africa, wariness toward science impedes research and development
Africa's scientific progress is stymied by a reticence among Africans to embrace scientific inquiry and a reluctance in the West of investing research dollars.
Employees of Aspen Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories, which produce generic drugs including AIDS medicine, put medicine kits together in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
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