Signed Mary Fisher poster created from the art quilt "Because of Love for the Children." Dimensions of this poster are 24 inches by 36 inches. This signed poster is created from the Mary Fisher art quilt "Because of Love for the Children". The photos were taken by Mary during one of her trips to Africa. Posters are shipped in a tube. The artist statement for this piece is: "I bridle when I hear people say, "It's so wonderful that AIDS has been cured." Trust me, it hasn't been. No one with AIDS, anywhere, is cured. 100% of the infected are dying. Available drugs slow the progression of the disease, in part by "re-routing" the illness - side effects of the drugs are enormous - and in part by slowing the replication of the virus. We've learned how to slow AIDS, not how to cure it. In African, Asian and Caribbean nations where the epidemic has hit hardest, life prolonging drugs are largely inaccessible for economic reasons. A few families pool funds to buy drugs for one person, and the person chosen to receive drugs is the one who's employed - everyone else will die of poverty-related illness anyway. Since women and mothers are rarely the employed person in their families, death rates for mothers are near 100%. And since children are even less likely to be revenue-generators, they are universally consigned to the grave. When you see the faces of African mothers and African children, know that AIDS has not been cured. Not in Africa. Not in America. Not at all."
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