Tuesday November 3, 2009, 4:55 pm
“All the attention has gone to more glamorous diseases, but this basic thing has been left behind,” said Mickey Chopra, chief of health at Unicef, which is trying to put diarrhea back on the global health agenda. “It’s a forgotten disease.”

His observation lies at the heart of a wider debate over whether the United States and other rich nations spend too much on AIDS, which requires lifelong medications, compared with diarrhea and the other leading killer of children, pneumonia, both of which can be treated inexpensively.

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Tuesday November 3, 2009, 4:59 pm
I think it is the lack of proper foods and medication - clean water these things have always been very high necessities in Africa as in many other countries and are most important for health as we all know. TY Dee Love & Light

Tuesday November 3, 2009, 6:32 pm
It is always the children and the women in this world that get the shaft. We don't rate. Pathetic world pathetic.
Thanks Dee

Tuesday November 3, 2009, 10:29 pm
4/5ths of the world’s population needs to die instantly to make room for the rest of you to survive . . . let me die now rightfully 1st since I advocate the salvation of the Earth in order that the most precious & valuable wealth is merely clean water be saved for the Earth’s children to live one more day -- xoj

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 4:21 am
Thannxxxxx Dee Dee... governments need to put this in the fore front.. and make these medical facilites available for all...

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 5:29 am
Hold on here.

With all due respect, AIDS hits millions of women and children in this part of the world.

Yes, there are other illnesses that need attention, but to call AIDS fashionable? I don't think I agree with that.

The same people you are talking about with "other" illnesses such as septic or diarrhea are in the millions infected with HIV/AIDS!

SO how can anyone say AIDS is fashionable?

To remind people, HIV/AIDS is not a gay disease, it is a disease that mainly affects heterosexual women and children as of today's day and age.

This area of the world you are talking about is most hit by AIDS and I hardly find it fashionable but rather a tear jerking sadness.

Is this really about AIDS being preferred or is it about something else?

If my words don't convince you, go to the World Health Organization and confer with them.

Correct and accurate messages need to be relayed if this sort of rhetoric is going to be displayed.

If my blunt honesty is something that can be swallowed, as another member who has had it with comments that are out of line said, the delete button is close by.

This in my opinion is an ignorant article and the commentator of it needs to learn more of her story properly.

Good Grief

I guess the one good thing is the person who is the commentator of this, in my view has spoken a thousand words and is on my network, NO MORE!

Nick J Davis
Toronto ON Canada

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 6:44 am
The issues in these under developed places, is they have multiple severe and often deadly illnesses that kill kids and adults left and right. Part of the issue is that they are often "ignorant" of hygiene and cleanliness. Part of it is that they use contaminated water, often they are covered in bugs such as disease carrying bugs such as mosquito's that bring malaria in. They are poor, they have no plumbing, trash pick up, very few doctors, and they just are very primitive, and not educated about how to try and prevent many of these illnesses. I realize we help in Africa especially, and all over the world in these countries underdeveloped, under nourished, no way for cleanliness like a bar of soap, or even clean water to bathe in. They do well not to drink contaminated water, since they have no way to prevent bacteria and other water related illnesses to happen. We could "fix" a part of the problem about these kids dying of diarrhea by sending Pedialite, or other types of hydrants for these kids over there. But, it still does not fix the living conditions, and the ignorance about being clean, when it comes to themselves, their kids, the water, food and every thing else.

Sunday November 8, 2009, 12:11 pm
"Yes, there are other illnesses that need attention, but to call AIDS fashionable? I don't think I agree with that."

Nick..while I agree there is no such thing as a "glamorous disease" But I think you have taken that out of context a bit ..And they were referring to all diseases..not just singling AIDS out..

The attention does indeed go to other diseases more so than some..and that was the point of that statement..

"To remind people, HIV/AIDS is not a gay disease, it is a disease that mainly affects heterosexual women and children as of today's day and age."

Where in the article..or here on this thread did anyone state..or even slightly suggest.. AIDS is a "gay disease"

That's just not true..