Malaria prevention aid
Monday, December 1st, 2008Thank God we live in a country that is taking the lead on AIDs programs in Africa. It seems, however, that more people, by far, are dying of other diseases that are relatively extremely underfunded. One recent news story talks about statistics in Rwanda. An excerpt from this article … By 2006, AIDS funding accounted for 80 percent of all American aid for health and population issues, according to the Global Health Council.
In Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda and elsewhere, donations for HIV projects routinely outstrip the entire national health budgets.
In a 2006 report, Rwandan officials noted a “gross misallocation of resources” in health: $47 million went to HIV, $18 million went to malaria, the country’s biggest killer, and $1 million went to childhood illnesses.
In fact, diarrhea accounts for 5 times the deaths that AIDS does. And malaria accounts for 3 times the deaths. But AIDS gets 80% of the funding. Hmmmmmmmmm.
Another source
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Leading Causes of Death in Children Under Five Years of Age, Estimates for 2000-2003 |
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| Rank | Cause |
Numbers (thousands per year)
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% of all deaths
|
|
1
|
Neonatal causes |
3,910
|
37
|
|
2
|
Acute respiratory infections |
2,027
|
19
|
|
3
|
Diarrheal diseases |
1,762
|
17
|
|
4
|
Malaria |
853
|
8
|
|
5
|
Measles |
395
|
4
|
|
6
|
HIV/AIDS |
321
|
3
|
|
7
|
Injuries |
305
|
3
|
