No. 177/178, Winter/Spring 2004
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About this issue of Contact for Health
Our lead topic is AIDS and malaria and we have received news from East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda; from Southern Africa and West Africa.
The Ecumenical HIV/AIDS Initiative in Africa
was launched in Nairobi. (Articles:
1
and
2
)
“Africa could be depopulated by AIDS to an extent not seen since Slavery!”, Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, General Secretary of the WCC
, told Contact : “AIDS is the enemy”. (
Interview
)
Special report TANZANIA
(Articles:
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
)
“FAIR TRADE”, Tanzania’s Deputy Health Minister Hussein A. Mwinyi tells the world
, “would best assist Africa in meeting the challenge of HIV/AIDS”. (
Interview
)
Malaria: Tanzania’s best researchers are mounting a project to mass produce the best medicine: artemisinin
. Today, the plant brought into the country and grown in schools and in St Benedictine’s Parish is exported for raw material extraction. (Articles:
1
,
2
,
3
)
Why can’t Tanzania mount its own pharmaceutical industry such as to supply cheap drugs not only to its own 100 000s of malaria cases, but also to all of Africa? The project presented at the National Institute of Medical Research by Executive Director professor Andrew Kitua.
Pediatrician in the Anglican hospital
, Dr Talbert called for attention to Tick Born Relapsing Fever, as a major disease among children. (
Article
)
The Tanzanian Christian Social Services Commission
provides health care to 40% of the country population. We met Dr Josephine Balati AIDS coordinator and Marsha Macatta Yambi, head of Drug procurement. (
Interview
)
From
Kenya and Germany
, the
Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network
takes issue with the US Presidential Emergency Plan for AIDS relief, PEPFAR, on drug access and generics. (
Article
)
PEPFAR, an opportunity for FBOs?
Our coverage reviews some of the ways in which FBOs can get funding, and for what programs. We take special note of the proposal to support safe health care, by eliminating unsafe injections. (
Article
)
From Uganda, Dr Pepper
, a Southern Baptist Convention Missionary, physician and head of the HIV clinic, and internal medicine at the government teaching hospital MUTH, reports his practice of
Biblical holistic care and his use of latest technologies: syringes where the needle retracts after use
. (
Interview
)
Coming together to confront AIDS, is the message of the
The Inter Religious Council of Ugan
da
received from Rev. Sam Lawrence Ruteikara, AIDS Director. (
Article
)
The Church of the Province of West Africa
, Anglican Provincial Health Service in Accra, Ghana, report that “In faith, we are breaking ground slowly”. (
Article
)
From the
South African Catholic Bishops’ Conference AIDS Office
comes a call and a commitment for treatment. (
Article
)
Christian economics are brought to us from excerpts of the beautiful “
Economy of Communion”
. (
Article
)
We have news from the WCC’s partners and their action against AIDS:
Rev. Robert J. Vitillo
, Special Advisor to Caritas Internationalis on HIV and AIDS tells us how facing the disease is mandatory for Christians. (
Article
)
In
Book review
, we report how
Trocaire and CAFOD
have published an excellent book on AIDS.
From the AIDS desk of the
Lutheran World Federation
, Dr Christine Sadia wrote her thoughts on the 3by5 proposition to scale up treatment. (
Article
)
To keep updated on key scientific development, we took a look at the
malaria and mother-to-child HIV transmission
. (
Interview
)
From the
World Social Forum in Mumbai
, we are pleased to publish the report of the
World Health Organisation’s delegation
: as Craig McClure, Ian Grubb, Alaka Singh, Eugenio Villar, attended and presented the « 3 by 5 » initiative. (
Article
)
We conclude with the
MUMBAI declaration
of the People’s Health forum and the first announcement for the
Second PEOPLE’S HEALTH ASSEMBLY IN ECUADOR
.