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October 2005
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Disease with a cure -
FT editorial
This FT editorial makes some important points. But is misses one crucial one - that WHO and its partners are failing to control malaria - largely because they ignore IRS with DDT. If there were fewer cases to treat, poor governments would be in a better position to roll out the new expensive therapies. |
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U.N. 60th anniversary concert aims to fight malaria -
Stephanie Nebehay
Millions of Dollars are once again raised to fund largely ineffective malaria control efforts - when will donor agencies realise that the best form of malaria control is a well-managed IRS programme using DDT? |
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KMC tastes success in malaria control -
Safi Shamsi
The Kolkata Municipality claims that better vigilance and vector control has led to a reduction in the number of malaria cases - imagine how effective the programme would be if they also incorporated a well managed IRS programme. |
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Why are the best malaria drugs not being used in Africa? -
Medical News Today
Artemisinin based combination therapies (ACT’s) are the most effective form of malaria drug available, yet in many developing countries the drugs are simply not reaching the targeted population due to government bureaucracy. |
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Commercial motive hinted at in restrictions on DDT -
Alan Beattie
The FT runs a piece based on AFM's recent media advisory which uncovers the fact that Bayer Crop Sciences supports EU protectionism which is stopping countries from using DDT in malaria control. |
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Carter: rich states "don't give a damn" about poor
15 Apr 2023 09:14:00 GMT
Source: AlertNet
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Afghan women walk in central Bamiyan province.
Photo by AHMAD MASOOD | ATLANTA, April 14 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Thursday harshly criticized his own country and other wealthy states for being stingy with foreign aid and said in rich countries "We really don't give a damn."
In a speech to a human rights conference in Atlanta, Carter said increasing financial assistance was critical to battling malaria, AIDS and other common diseases that disproportionately affect the poorest parts of the world.
"Unfortunately, in the rich countries like ours, we really don't give a damn," said Carter, who was president from 1977 to 1981 and who won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
He especially criticized the United States for failing to follow other Western nations which are increasing spending.
Although America tops the foreign aid donor list in dollar terms, it falls behind the Netherlands, Canada and many other smaller, less affluent nations when contributions are measured on a per capita basis.
U.S. foreign aid is approximately 0.18 percent of gross national product, the lowest of any G-7 nation and far below a 0.7 percent United Nations target that 22 of the world's developed nations have agreed to meet by 2015.
A handful have met the goal, while others such as Germany and Great Britain insist they will achieve it.
"We have not budged so far," lamented Carter, who has spearheaded efforts through his non-profit Carter Center to eradicate diseases in the developing world, including Guinea worm and onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness.
((Writing by Paul Simao, Editing by David Storey))
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