Food for a genuine pro-poor thought (12)
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If education were the panacea for our woes in Africa Zimbabwe would be one of the richest nations in the world. The truth of the matter is that we are better off investing in the health of the poor to enable them to work for their own sustenance.
Education as a solution would only work if it meets the following criteria:
1. It should be uniquely relevant to the needs of the poor countries. For instance, it should emphasize employment creation and income generation as opposed to workforce creation.
2. Governments in poor countries need to rid themselves of corruption and their taste for western luxuries. We could start by driving more economic cars and less perks for ministers and their cronies.
3. Pay attractive salaries in order to retain key personnel to avoid or at least limit brain drain.
Davison Sangweme
PhD Candidate
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
615 N.Wolfe St
MMI Dept
Baltimore, MD21205
Phone: +1-443-287-3593(Lab)
+1-410-502-6527(Home)
mailto:dsangweme@yahoo.com
Suffering is having what you don't want and wanting what you don't have.
Food for a genuine pro-poor thought (13)
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Dear Davison,
I totally agree with you. Our panacea for all evils is lack of transparency and accountability. If this is handled, I think, any thing else can be handled.
We are trying to do this in our own small way, thro' the International Transparency and Accountability Network.
More details can be seen at http://TrAcNet.blogspot.com and my site
http://ll2b.blogspot.com.
More on this later.
Let me know what you think.
Regards,
Kris Dev
mailto:krisdev@gmail.com
Man positive, women negative - how?
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I have a friend who has been living with a man for a year, he is positive (has two kids - the first one's mother died and the second is positive + the mother). How the is it that she has tested negative all this time, does this mean he could be negative. He was not honest with his life to his partner but things are coming out now, and he does not want to be tested but has said things that mean he is aware of his unproved HIV status.
Without God's interference how does she remain negative? What is the best way then to handle things from this point on, how do you get him to test when he believes he is positive and you have proven to be negative, how do you handle this one? We have failed to see how is the best way to handle it because he is adamant he cannot have another child who is going to be sick like the other two - meaning he knows his status yet it is unproven.
HELP
ZNFP
mailto:znfpc@ecoweb.co.zw
Man positive, women negative - how? (2)
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It�s interesting that this issue comes exactly today when I was having a discussion with a friend about such cases. We were talking specifically about:
1. The issue of contamination, whether contamination is via fluid or via blood. This is, whether contamination through sexual intercourse is via body fluids (semen, etc) or via the blood. Its sounds like an ignorant and basic question at this day in age, but
2. There are cases that we know of women who are positive but their male partners remain negative. I know of one case like that, where all tests proving that the male is negative, yet his wife and child are positive (receiving ARV treatment for more than 8 years now). They have had normal sexual intercourse for sometime until advised about issues of recontamination. My friend knows of another male who is still alive and tested negative, yet his wife died 8 years ago of AIDS.
Before we begin to spread the news ; - ) is it possible to have a scientific explanation for it?
Albertina Mucavele
FDC
Mozambique
mailto:amucavele@fdc.org.mz
Man positive, women negative - how? (7)
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Dear concerned,
If you are a believer in Higher Power, please pray with all your heart and soul, for the grace of God to change this guy, so that he develops love for his neighbour above his pride and selfishness.
God's interference will sure soften his heart and he'll choose to do the right thing with your friend, his spouse.
Be blessed.
BTA Maegga
mailto:maeggabta@africaonline.co.tz
Man positive, women negative - how? (4)
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The issue of discordant couples is a big dilemma world over. However the case in discussion is a typical case of one fearing the worst until he believed he has the worst. He must have really founded fears that would make him doubt lab test if gives something contradicting his current perception. He however needs counselling to undergo the test. For his own good and depending on medical laws in your country, you might want to go for DCT. We would all want to know how the results would be. Do all you can and share the results with us whether he knows the results or not. I don't think you would have broken any confidentiality since we don't know him.
Regards
Burton Wagacha
mailto:drwburton@yahoo.com
Man positive, women negative - how? (5)
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What is DCT, some of us are not medically trained and some of these terms are strange. I tell you from what I know it will be very difficult to get him there, he should know coz how did the wife die and why is he behaving like someone under a lot of strain all the time. Why is he so afraid of the truth coz he has been a player and now it has caught up with him but the symptoms are coming out from people around him and not him like his children and their mothers, one dead one alive and has confirmed her HIV status?
How then does one protect herself from this, will one get positive one day or this is for life or it has never been proven at all
ZNFPC
mailto:znfpc@ecoweb.co.zw
Man positive, women negative - how? (9)
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Dear Burton
What does DCT mean and what does it entail?
Natsayi Chimbindi
mailto:nchimbindi@gmail.com