- Zimbabwe and AIDS
- Posted by GMCarter
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...cle2029300.ece
This article is from a special (RED) edition of The Independent to
mark World Aids Day
Zimbabwe's bad practice: 3,500 dead each week as meltdown looms
By Daniel Howden
Published: 01 December 2006
The gap between HIV rhetoric and reality in Zimbabwe has become a
chasm. And it is a chasm into which hundreds of thousands of people
are falling.
This was the year we were told the government would roll out free
antiretroviral drugs to nearly 200,000 of the worst-hit Aids
sufferers.
At the first national conference on HIV/Aids in 2004, President Robert
Mugabe spoke not only of the need for ARVs but also of the need for
"comprehensive programmes for Aids care that include access to
counselling and treatment of opportunistic infections, community-based
care and orphan support."
But, this year, Zimbabwe has been judged by the World Health
Organisation to have the lowest life expectancy in the world. Last
month, the cemeteries of the capital, Harare, were declared full. This
week more than 3,500 people will die of HIV-related illness and tests
on post-natal mothers have found infection rates of 70 per cent. A
country whose population at its last census numbered 12 million people
is dying in droves; its health system is in total disarray and
malnutrition is a daily struggle for the majority of the country.
The reality of the government's Aids policy is perhaps better
reflected by Didymus Mutasa, the current Minister of State Security.
He has said: "We would be better off with only six million people,
with our own people who support the liberation struggle; we don't want
all these extra people."
The government's approach to the public health catastrophe is
characterised by hypocrisy, indifference and denial. Soaring infection
rates have been compounded by a state-sponsored economic meltdown that
has provoked a famine in one of Africa's most fertile countries. Much
of the country is forced to subsist on one meagre meal a day and ARVs,
even if they were supplied, cannot be taken on an empty stomach.
Hospital dispensaries in Zimbabwe's second city, Bulawayo, are empty.
The hospitals themselves are almost empty as unofficial fees have put
health care out of the range of ordinary people.
A senior doctor who has watched the disintegration of the health
system said: "They [the government] are still living in denial or
cloud cuckooland when it comes to Aids. They talk of waiting lists of
six to nine months for ARVs. The infected don't live that long."
The gap between HIV rhetoric and reality in Zimbabwe has become a
chasm. And it is a chasm into which hundreds of thousands of people
are falling.
This was the year we were told the government would roll out free
antiretroviral drugs to nearly 200,000 of the worst-hit Aids
sufferers.
At the first national conference on HIV/Aids in 2004, President Robert
Mugabe spoke not only of the need for ARVs but also of the need for
"comprehensive programmes for Aids care that include access to
counselling and treatment of opportunistic infections, community-based
care and orphan support."
But, this year, Zimbabwe has been judged by the World Health
Organisation to have the lowest life expectancy in the world. Last
month, the cemeteries of the capital, Harare, were declared full. This
week more than 3,500 people will die of HIV-related illness and tests
on post-natal mothers have found infection rates of 70 per cent. A
country whose population at its last census numbered 12 million people
is dying in droves; its health system is in total disarray and
malnutrition is a daily struggle for the majority of the country.
The reality of the government's Aids policy is perhaps better
reflected by Didymus Mutasa, the current Minister of State Security.
He has said: "We would be better off with only six million people,
with our own people who support the liberation struggle; we don't want
all these extra people."
The government's approach to the public health catastrophe is
characterised by hypocrisy, indifference and denial. Soaring infection
rates have been compounded by a state-sponsored economic meltdown that
has provoked a famine in one of Africa's most fertile countries. Much
of the country is forced to subsist on one meagre meal a day and ARVs,
even if they were supplied, cannot be taken on an empty stomach.
Hospital dispensaries in Zimbabwe's second city, Bulawayo, are empty.
The hospitals themselves are almost empty as unofficial fees have put
health care out of the range of ordinary people.
A senior doctor who has watched the disintegration of the health
system said: "They [the government] are still living in denial or
cloud cuckooland when it comes to Aids. They talk of waiting lists of
six to nine months for ARVs. The infected don't live that long."
- Posted by Death
"GMCarter" <fiar@verizon.net> wrote in message
I told you that years ago.
Recently I posted articles saying the world holds
too many niggers and faggots.
You uttered something about bigot and racist
but I see that absent here, LOL
- Posted by GMCarter
On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 08:23:22 -0600, " Death" <Death@yourdoor.net>
wrote:
snip
One might say the world has at least one too many racists!
You will eventually die, of course.
Die with this shit in your mouth and mind.
Your choice.
- Posted by Death
"GMCarter" <fiar@verizon.net> wrote in message
Like the sands through an hour-glass
so are the days of our life.
- Posted by GMCarter
On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 09:07:26 -0600, " Death" <Death@yourdoor.net>
wrote:
Indeed! So why do you choose to be here?
Is it a cry for help? It is available if you sincerely want it.
- Posted by Life
"GMCarter" <fiar@verizon.net> wrote in message
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lol!
No, George Mary - the REAL question is why YOU
choose to be here....
- Posted by Life
"GMCarter" <fiar@verizon.net> wrote in message
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Rhodesia didn't have these problems when the smart
white folk ran it - it was an economic powerhouse
with a huge resource base and a sky's-the-limit economy...
that is, until the TRUE racist bleeding hearts like George
Mary and her communist brethren brought an end to
competent management and put the corrupt niggers
in charge. Left up to the lefties, they will exchange
smart for dumb every fucking time while babbling
about how "racist" everybody else is - fact is, THEY
are the TRUE racists ... every single time!
- Posted by Death
"GMCarter" <fiar@verizon.net> wrote in message
You see Carter, everything is an option.
- Posted by GMCarter
On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 12:02:33 -0500, "Life" <Life@life.com> wrote:
No, it is no more the "REAL" question than any others. What a silly
thing to say!
- Posted by GMCarter
On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 11:47:54 -0600, " Death" <Death@yourdoor.net>
wrote:
LOL. That's what I expected. Evasion.
- Posted by Death
"GMCarter" <fiar@verizon.net> wrote in message
- Posted by Life
"GMCarter" <fiar@verizon.net> wrote in message
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For you it would be silly to say, for the rest of us it is
the question of the day...
- Posted by Alex
"Life" <Life@life.com> schreef in bericht news:cb5a$4571b2f7$471f4817$22352@ALLTEL.NET...
Only someone ignorant of the atrocities committed under Smith
could make such a statement.
People were herded onto reservations. They were denied every
civil and human right imaginable. Neighboring countries were
invaded.
And of course, the population was half what it is today.
Plus, most of what you hear coming out of Zimbabwe now
is white propaganda against a very brave man who is rectifying
those very evil policies the British enacted over all of Southern
and Eastern Africa. The Revolution is still a work in progress.
You have been educated.
Alex
- Posted by Life
"Alex" <avdeelen.REMOFETHIS1@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message
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Gee. When white folks run a country of mostly dark-complected
they are always accused of "atrocities".
When incompetent corrupt black folk take over the
country under the guise of Maoist betterments, well,
that's just fuckin' great. Especially when they destroy
the economy and kill off the Golden Goose - that
just did wonders for everyone's welfare, now didn't
it?
Consider yourself educated.
People were herded into reservations in the USA over two
centuries of "freedom". People in the USA were - and are
still - denied "every civil and human right imaginable" and
yes, even the good ol USA is - and always was - quick
to invade other countries, near and afar.
Rhodesia paled in comparison to the "atrocities" perpetrated
by the USA. Do you think we should turn the USA over
to the "native American", prarie niggers - or just let the
"Afro American" niggers do their magic here like they
did in Rhodesia?
Sure, when the farmlands were confiscated by niggerdom
the borders became nothing more than lines on a map.
And EVERYTHING there is rotten fucking miserable.
The Revolution, as you put it, is and was a joke - if it was
genuine and sincere, you wouldn't have the horrific outcome
that became Zimbabwe.
No, you elitist fucktard - YOU have been educated, but
somehow I think that's actually impossible.
