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HiPointDem

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24. eritrea has nearly eradicated malaria with basic public health measures. the same thing can't be

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 03:39 PM

Dec 2012

said of the rest of africa, despite the publicity gates' initiatives gets.

eritrea, a very poor country and 'official enemy' of the west, did it in a matter of years. it's not rocket science.

many anti-malarials are off-patent, & produced by others besides 'big pharma'.

here's what 'united against malaria' does with the money:

All donations to UAM go to the United Nations Foundation’s fund for AIDS, TB, and Malaria to support malaria prevention projects in Africa through the Global Fund. This includes providing invaluable tools to prevent infection, access to medications, and supporting further research on vaccines.

oxfam, among others, has criticized all these organizations for flooding markets with cheap drugs without establishing basic public health infrastructure for diagnosis, testing, etc.

http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/salt-sugar-and-malaria-pills-how-the-affordable-medicine-facilitymalaria-endang-249615

http://www.irinnews.org/report/96705/HEALTH-The-trouble-with-affordable-anti-malarials

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15064038

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2806%2968545-0/fulltext

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Precipitous decline in incidence of malaria in Eritrea doesn't make the western news [View all] HiPointDem Dec 2012 OP

du rec. nt xchrom Dec 2012 #1

Profound point about Public Health improvements malaise Dec 2012 #2

Absolutely! "public health, meaning first of all, clean drinking water, sanitation and hygiene" bananas Dec 2012 #6

"Precipitous decline" is a term of negative connotation. WinkyDink Dec 2012 #3

I noticed that too... greytdemocrat Dec 2012 #4

That site is an anti science site obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #8

which is why i also linked medical sites -- to demonstrate that what the person was saying HiPointDem Dec 2012 #21

WtF? "Precipitous decline in incidence of malaria" has negative connotations for you? bananas Dec 2012 #10

Still obsessed with Bill Gates, eh Hannah?...nt SidDithers Dec 2012 #5

They have a press freedom index below that of North Korea. joshcryer Dec 2012 #25

Heheh... SidDithers Dec 2012 #29

You do realize what site you are using as a source? obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #7

But whale.to is a great source!!... SidDithers Dec 2012 #9

I am often critical of big pharma obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #15

the article is not anti-science, anti-public health, or even anti-vaccine. i also linked two HiPointDem Dec 2012 #30

The site may be a crock but the point about Gates & public health bread_and_roses Dec 2012 #11

Sorry, anti semitic garbage source obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #16

please link to the anti-semitism in the article, and in the other links provided. the writer is not HiPointDem Dec 2012 #31

Also at whale.to you can read... SidDithers Dec 2012 #12

Anti semitic, anti science sources are allowed on DU now? obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #17

Jury left it 3-3...nt SidDithers Dec 2012 #18

Of course they did obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #19

The irony is that Eritrea and Israel are on great standing. joshcryer Dec 2012 #26

Wow. You don't see idiots citing the Chronicles outside of wahabbist schools often anymore. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #36

Why pick on Bill? At least he is doing something! The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Dustlawyer Dec 2012 #13

Why does the 1st paragraph give credit to Gates and the 2nd to the Government? 1-Old-Man Dec 2012 #14

the first paragraph says gates has put a billion into vaccine research; the rest says that HiPointDem Dec 2012 #22

Kick for anti-Semitic source that the OP has chosen not to delete...nt SidDithers Dec 2012 #20

A vector based approach has always been a key component in malaria prevention. i.e. mosquito control. pinto Dec 2012 #23

eritrea has nearly eradicated malaria with basic public health measures. the same thing can't be HiPointDem Dec 2012 #24

Agree, basic public health measures are key and they include pharmaceuticals, on or off patent. pinto Dec 2012 #32

Bill Gates also funds malaria control through mosquito nets etc. CJCRANE Dec 2012 #27

eritrea's gdp is about 4% of bill gates' personal net worth. yet it managed to nearly eradicate HiPointDem Dec 2012 #28

Your issue doesn't seem to be primarily malaria prevention - pinto Dec 2012 #34

good news Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #33

Western news media exists as a mechanism to get people to watch advertisements Taitertots Dec 2012 #35

Locking REP Dec 2012 #37