WRITING TASK 2 You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic: Many people in poor countries die from diseases that are curable because they cannot afford the medication required. Do you believe that drug companies should make their products available at reduced prices in these countries? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience. Write at least 250 words.

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Some of the African
countries
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and Asian
countries
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still are developing
countries
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or they are undeveloped.
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that, the
people
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on
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in
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these
countries
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having
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have
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low
income
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incomes
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and they are not receiving enough income to afford
for
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apply
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their
foods
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food
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. Because of
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this
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they are not receiving enough food to maintain their health. Or they used to go for cheap food products.
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caused to have weak immune
system
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systems
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among these
people
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.
People
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with weak immune
system
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systems
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are
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can easily
catch
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be caught
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by various diseases. Most of
dieses
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diseases
can be cured easily by having medicines. But the issue is the medicine for these illnesses
are
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is
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very high and those poor
people
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do not have money to buy them. So they
try
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totry
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use cheap products or they are not taking any of these.
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can
caused
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be caused
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to become
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the illness bad and they
are
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can
be die
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die
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.
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is what happening in
the
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apply
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poor
countries
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. Most
of
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the
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apply
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people
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dying
due to
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a
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issue
could
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that could
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be fix
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be fixed
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before. When we consider drug companies, they are selling products with high profit
margin
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margins
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.
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why most of the medicines are high in value. They don't care about the
people
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dying
due to
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this
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issue.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • curable
  • medication
  • affordable
  • diseases
  • poor countries
  • access
  • treatment
  • humanitarian
  • responsibility
  • global health
  • initiatives
  • reduced prices
  • balancing profit
  • necessary
  • curable diseases
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