In chapter nine, the part I found most interesting was when Wheelan was talking about the GDP of India and how it related to the population of people with Hansen's disease. Wheelan mentions that India's per capita GDP was $2,900. The antibiotic that can cure a mild case of leprosy costs $3.00 and $20.00 for a more severe case. WHO provides the drugs for free, "but India's health care infrastructure is not good enough to identify the afflicted and get them the medicine they need." Despite the fact that it would take $3.00 to cure a case of leprosy in India, there are still more than 100,000 sufferers. Wheelan says that is what it means to have a per capita GDP of $2,900.
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