Actually, some experts, and I tend to agree with them, believe that there is no link between HIV and AIDS and that AIDS is no more than an auto-immune breakdown rather than an acquired immune deficiency.
>From this perspective, the cause of AIDS is systemic, and attributable to the quality of food, air, water which are, in turn, related to standard of living. Thus, poverty can certainly be seen to cause AIDS. --- Doug & Jay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "The policies dictated by the World Bank and IMF > exacerbated poverty, providing fertile ground for > the spread of HIV/AIDS..." > > Pardon me, but I thought that copulation of some > sort with an infected > person caused the spread of AIDS. Now, it appears > that poverty causes AIDS. > Oh, wait a minute, maybe the author is saying that > only poor people > copulate. Or, maybe poor people have more time to > copulate. > > "These institutions must be made > accountable for their role in causing the worst > health crisis in human history, which Africa now > faces." > > Are these poor people at all responsible for their > behavior, ie, who they > copulate with? > > If these poor people had more money, do you suppose > they would stop > copulating and spreading AIDS? I doubt it! > > > Doug > > From: "jsherry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: OFF:Fw: [globalnews] IMF and World Bank > Blamed for Worst Health > Crisis in History > > > FOREIGN POLICY IN FOCUS > http://www.fpif.org/ > > **IMF and World Bank Blamed for Worst Health > Crisis in History > > These institutions must be made > accountable for their role in causing the worst > health crisis in human history, which Africa now > faces." > > Africa Action has launched a new campaign called > "Africa's Right to Health Campaign." The campaign > is based information on a new position paper, > Hazardous to Health: The World Bank and IMF in > Africa, published by Africa Action and written by > Ann-Louise Colgan. According to this new paper, > "The policies dictated by the World Bank and IMF > exacerbated poverty, providing fertile ground for > the spread of HIV/AIDS and other infectious > diseases. Cutbacks in health budgets and > privatization of health services eroded previous > advances in health care and weakened the capacity > of African governments to cope with the growing > health crisis. Consequently, during the past two > decades the life expectancy of Africans has > dropped by 15 years." > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: > http://messenger.msn.com > ===== @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Stacey Elin Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://zip.to/anaserene @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com
