On one level, this is excellent news, of course.
But as far as Africa* is concerned, will it really make that much difference**?
* There are nearly one million malaria deaths a year in Africa.
** There were also over a million deaths from AIDS, caused by "the might of greed and inhumanity over morals and virtue", apparently. Crikey, that's a new on on me. Plus around ten million children who die in civil wars, or in the famines that those civil wars cause or are sold into slavery.
See also: "You know aid money works"
Monday, 14 July 2008
"Breakthrough in malaria fight"
My latest blogpost: "Breakthrough in malaria fight"Tweet this! Posted by Mark Wadsworth at 07:37
Labels: Africa, AIDS, Alan Cowman, Australia, Malaria, Melbourne, Slavery, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
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http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/kevin-myers/africa-is-giving-nothing-to-anyone--apart-from-aids-1430428.html
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