The 150 or so nations at the conference spent several weeks just arguing about the agenda.

The nation spent $140.6 billion on such medicines in 2001, up 15.7 percent from the prior year.

The average African nation spends less than $10 per person each year on health care.

The nation spends at least $9 billion a year on the disease, he said.

Only 23 percent said the nation was spending "too little" on welfare.

The nation spent more than $40 billion on such drugs last year.

Since last May, the two nations - among the poorest in the world - have spent some $300 million on weapons.

Thirty-seven percent said the nation was spending about the right amount.

One way of approaching this issue is to ask how much other nations are spending.

National savings are what is left after counting up everything the nation spends.