"FIVE YEARS AGO, in Jos, Nigeria, a city on the country's central plateau, Dr. John Idoko regularly made rounds in a hospital packed with people dying from AIDS because they couldn't pay for the antiretroviral drugs necessary to keep them alive. Three years ago, as the price of the drugs plummeted, the Nigerian doctor was able to deliver the life-extending medication to 700 patients-until his government's supply ran out for several months.
Today, the change for the better is astonishing: Idoko now treats nearly 6,000 HIV-positive patients. He has expanded his clinic three times in five years, and his waiting room once again is too crowded. ``Now, we are eyeing an abandoned building nearby," he said last week, chuckling."
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2006/08/20/and_now_for_the_good_news/
[Linked from instapundit]
Also from later in article:
'``It's not that people in Africa are having more sex than anywhere else, it's just that sex in the West is a lot safer because of the information they have and because of the technology that is available," Idoko said. ``For many Africans, buying a pack of condoms is a huge problem. Many don't have enough money." '

Question:
If drugs which cost millions to billions to develop can be made cheaper for Africans, and if it's true that condoms are expensive in Africa why can't condoms be made cheaper?
Maybe Walmart or Costco should go to Africa with the mission to sell cheap condoms- if you can sell 200 roll toilet paper cheap, there is no reason you can't sell 1000 condoms cheap.