Comments on: What Would You Do If This Was Your Child? http://justlikemychild.com/blog/health/malaria/what-would-you-do-if-this-was-your-child/ Empowering Women and Children and Standing for Social Justice Worldwide Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:31:55 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: vivian http://justlikemychild.com/blog/health/malaria/what-would-you-do-if-this-was-your-child/comment-page-1/#comment-77 vivian Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:14:10 +0000 http://justlikemychild.com/blog/?p=278#comment-77 I LOVE this video and the story. I do think it's the truth and the bed net campaign is way overstated in its capacity to eradicate malaria. I do believe that DDT spraying was good enough for the U.S., but somehow not good enough for Africa. Here's the scoop though, before everyone goes sneering at all of us "well intentioned" non Africans. I have met with one of the TOP "spraying" scientists/implementors in the world from Bangladesh who is now living in Uganda, dealing with the politics of spraying. US AID sent him to Uganda to SPRAY, but its the Parliament of Uganda that has voted against it!! Not us smart white folk. The Devil is in the Details in Africa. And before we say we're sending Africans to bed early, let's note that 70-90% of the deadly mosquitoes bite after dusk, not during the day. While bed nets are not the solution, they are reducing the incidence of this deadly disease. I consider the kids we're working with in rural Uganda, my kids. And until the politics of spraying and true eradication is muscled through, you better be damn sure I'll do whatever I can to keep my kids alive. But keep up the controversy. IT IS THE TRUTH of the matter. DDT was good enough for us, why isn't it good enough for Africa? I LOVE this video and the story. I do think it’s the truth and the bed net campaign is way overstated in its capacity to eradicate malaria. I do believe that DDT spraying was good enough for the U.S., but somehow not good enough for Africa. Here’s the scoop though, before everyone goes sneering at all of us “well intentioned” non Africans. I have met with one of the TOP “spraying” scientists/implementors in the world from Bangladesh who is now living in Uganda, dealing with the politics of spraying. US AID sent him to Uganda to SPRAY, but its the Parliament of Uganda that has voted against it!! Not us smart white folk. The Devil is in the Details in Africa.

And before we say we’re sending Africans to bed early, let’s note that 70-90% of the deadly mosquitoes bite after dusk, not during the day. While bed nets are not the solution, they are reducing the incidence of this deadly disease. I consider the kids we’re working with in rural Uganda, my kids. And until the politics of spraying and true eradication is muscled through, you better be damn sure I’ll do whatever I can to keep my kids alive.

But keep up the controversy. IT IS THE TRUTH of the matter. DDT was good enough for us, why isn’t it good enough for Africa?

]]> By: Wehtahnah http://justlikemychild.com/blog/health/malaria/what-would-you-do-if-this-was-your-child/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Wehtahnah Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:00:58 +0000 http://justlikemychild.com/blog/?p=278#comment-74 So great to see you today at Servapalooza. The work you are doing is remarkable. I look forward to working with you to keep children Just Like My Child alive and living to the greatest potential. So great to see you today at Servapalooza. The work you are doing is remarkable. I look forward to working with you to keep children Just Like My Child alive and living to the greatest potential.

]]> By: Stef Schiffer http://justlikemychild.com/blog/health/malaria/what-would-you-do-if-this-was-your-child/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Stef Schiffer Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:23:58 +0000 http://justlikemychild.com/blog/?p=278#comment-72 The campaign to provide bed nets is tantamount to telling families in Africa to stay in bed. Take a few minutes to watch <a href="http://www.worldbytes.org/programmes/006/006_002.html" rel="nofollow">this video by WORLDwrite volunteers</a> http://www.worldbytes.org/programmes/006/006_002.html The campaign to provide bed nets is tantamount to telling families in Africa to stay in bed. Take a few minutes to watch this video by WORLDwrite volunteers

http://www.worldbytes.org/programmes/006/006_002.html

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