"Frederick Noronha (FN)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > United Nations Radio in New York is talking about > malaria and Africa's attempt to fight the disease. > There's some good news from there, and apparently > there are chances of attaining some targets under the > Roll-Back Malaria Programme. > > One might be wrong, but in Goa, the issue of > malaria seems to have gone off the radar of public > concern. Even the enthusiasm that was visible in the
> early and mid 'nineties seems to have vanished. > > Can we afford to be complacent over this? FN > > BTW June 16 is the day of the African Child. Large > numbers die of malaria each year, and many get > orphaned by AIDS. > Mario responds: I would like to know whether DDT is being used in Africa and India to combat malaria. I have seen reports that millions have died from the resurgence of malaria, mostly in poor tropical countries, since DDT was banned. What can one say about AIDS, one of the deadliest scourges in history? Unlike malaria, AIDS can be avoided by avoiding risky behavior, and more needs to be done to educate people in Africa and elsewhere about why and how they should do this. Once a person is infected the problem becomes much harder and more expensive to control and leads to a slow and agonizing death.
