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POPSMary Seacole: Black British Heroine Mary Jane Grant was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1805. Her father was a Scottish soldier, and her mother a Jamaican. Mary learned her nursing skills from her mother, who kept a boarding house for invalid soldiers. Although technically 'free', being of mixed race, Mary and her family had few civil rights - they could not vote, hold public office or enter the professions. In 1836, Mary married Edwin Seacole but the marriage was short-lived as he died in 1844.
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POPSAfrica's cocaine coast Parasites always use the weak. I dare say that the basic wage would make these people rich beyond dreams, so it wouldn't cost the drug peddlers much of a percentage.
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POPSCocaine Vaccine "It's a very clever idea," says David Eagleman, a Baylor neuroscientist. "Scientists have spent the last few decades figuring out reward pathways in the brain and how drugs like cocaine hijack the system. It turns out those pathways are difficult to rewire once they've seen the drug. But the vaccine just circumvents all that."
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POPSMugabe Unleashes Wave of Terror with Mass Abductions Robert Mugabe is a 'dictator in democratic clothing'. The South African Development Community has been urging Mugabe to address the cholera epidemic (which he refuses to acknowledge) and the economic crisis (which he helped create). The U.S. recently gave $600,000 to fight the cholera epidemic. Any aid sent to this country ends up in the pockets and mouths of the ruling elite. Recent elections were marred with violence and intimidation designed to keep Mugabe in office. 'International pressure' and 'sanctions' are not changing anything in Zimbabwe. How can the world stand by and allow this humanitarian crisis to continue? We need a mechanism to rid ourselves of this vermin not give them aid.
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POPSZimbabwe cholera epidemic worsening According to a report released Tuesday by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), new cholera patients were being registered at a rate of one every minute at the beginning of February in Zimbabwe. Unless urgent action is taken, the aid group said, the country could see a worsening of the "massive medical emergency that is spiraling out of control," MSF President Dr. Christophe Fournier told CNN Tuesday after his latest visit to Zimbabwe.
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POPSAssisted suicide shown on British TV It has befuddled me for years that people become so upset at the idea of someone not wanting to suffer and yet the same people wouldn't know that 600 people have died due to cholera in Zimbabwe.
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POPSMaking Water From Thin Air I'm pretty sure there are a lot of corporate types out there who aren't going to like this news. Water is expected to be for the 21st century what oil was for the 20th, so you can imagine that a village-worth of water for 300 bucks is throwing a monkeywrench into a lot of long-range planners long-range plans.
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POPSlove in the time of crimes & cholera Furaha and her husband, Hakiza, both 30, fled with their two sons and two daughters to a makeshift camp, Kuhindo, in the eastern hills of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It lacks water, toilets and food but it is in a relatively safe part of this war-racked region. Laurent Nkunda, rebel leader, was arrested during a surprise joint operation by Rwandan and Congolese government troops. He is currently in Rwanda awaiting extradition to DR Congo. Circumstances apparently shifted after Nkunda's forces were accused of committing war crimes, and Paul Kagame, the Rwandan president - under pressure for the West - struck a deal with Joseph Kabila, the DR Congo president, last month.
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POPSBurma's Junta Counts Its Fake Votes, Millions In Peril
GRAPHIC PHOTO A US diplomat based in Rangoon claims the figure may be as high as 100,000 dead. The junta trumpeted what it claimed was a "massive turnout" in its constitutional referendum on Saturday, as thousands of tonnes of food, medical supplies and emergency relief specialists waited on tarmacs around the world for permission to enter the country. "Diarrhoea rates are very high in many of the affected townships; for children under five, diarrhoea is a disaster, adding, malaria and dengue were endemic to this region. United Nations agencies are concerned that there are hundreds of thousands of traumatised, injured people and that if they do not get medical treatment, they will die. Doctors in one hospital were treating up to 5000 outpatients a day, said Unicef's health chief in Rangoon. "They are exhausted. They are working long hours and they really need support. "They are full of patients and they cannot be treated properly due to a lack of human resources and drugs."
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POPSCholera Epidemic in Northen Iraq From the article: "The source of the epidemic remains unclear but the WHO remains confident it can be brought under control, Chaib said. Naeema Al-Gasseer, the WHO's representative in Iraq, warned however that delays in ensuring access to safe water, safe food and enhanced hygiene practices could all lead to the further spread of cholera. Northern Iraq suffered an earlier cholera outbreak in 1999, while the disease struck the southern province of Basra shortly before the US-lead invasion of 2003."
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POPSa blessed cloak could help Afghanistan “It’s a suitable time now to show the cloak to the general public and have collective prayers with it.” But he worries that the garment and its admirers would make irresistible bombing targets. interesting read...
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POPSflying toilets i used to work in a health sector programme in kenya - flying toilets were a big issue on our agenda. it is good to see that this problem is now reaching a wider audience. this is just one of many problems faced by slum dwellers - but a far-reaching one encompassing economic, health and security issues we often take for granted.
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POPSWomen Cry for peace in Congo In Congo people are dying day in and day out from undramatic causes. Only a tiny proportion - a fraction of 1% - died from violence. Most died for mundane reasons associated with malnutrition, simple diseases or childbirth. A new report on deaths in DR Congo. The IRC believes that almost all of those deaths could have been prevented by basic health care.
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