Public Health Wednesdays (PHW)- Africa & Asia Health Check
AFRICA
MALI
This picture represents the cholera outbreak in 1854 and John Snow, the father of modern epidemiology, was able to trace the source and help contain the epidemic.
I felt like I wanted Death after contracting Cholera, you look like Death.
University of Maryland School of Medicine has data to support that giving a stronger single dose of the cholera live oral vaccine can be an effective tool in controlling outbreaks. Normally patients take two doses (PAINFUL DOSES). Mali helped with this research, the 150 Malian participants are key to this new breakthrough in defeating Cholera. Hopefully we do not have a repeat of the events that occurred in the Philippines. The Vaccination was developed by UMSOM's Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) and licensed and manufactured by PaxVax.
GHANA
JOHNSON & JOHNSON
Johnson & Johnson teamed up with GHANA AIDS, Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana, and local community partners to provide education and testing for the local community of Koforidua a few days ago.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON SOFT POWER
Medical Diplomacy(Health Diplomacy) can be so conviencing and seductive. A blind eye would be so thrilled that a multinational coporations paused for a day in December to help with HIV Testing, Education and Wrap around services. Can you imagine that, HIV/AIDS awareness in December?
Their presence was really to soften the questions and doubts for the clinical study and testing of the new HIV global vaccine. Yup, A new HIV global vaccine that included 2,600 women from South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi.
Corporations also gain from Soft Power. Soft Power is not just reserved for states in International Relations. Nike continues to make you “Do It”. This begs the question….
African States do not seem to understand that Medical Diplomacy(Health Diplomacy) from International Corporations that come from Global North spaces helps to feed in to the narratives of helping the “Other”. The narratives of the “other” in Global health kills more people than the disease. After all the testing, they sell it back to Africa states making billions in profit. I am not sure why noone finds capitalism and medical diplomacy to be disturbing.
Vaccine epidemiology in Africa must be conducted by Africans. Partipants from African countries in terms of research does not count as full contribution to solving the problem. I am arguing that everything that goes into a Research center for Vaccine epidemiology including the building should be by Africans. Africans must start to invest heavily into education and reserach towards public health matters that impact their spaces.
Watch the video of my husband explaining this concept. He was brutally taking away from the community by savage uncivilized barbarians that were nothing but thugs and cowards. I would also like to add that the savage creatures that assassinated my belated husband, American Freedom Fighter/Activist/Political Theorist/Revolutionary/Deputy Chairman of the Black Panther Party (Chicago Chapter) was the Chicago Police Department. He was resisting arrest asleep in bed with his child and partner.
WHO REPORT -AFRICA
Uganda can celebrate- No more Marburg virus
Ghana has the case of the H1N1 Flu
South Africa is still trying to sort out Listeriosis
Zambia has a case of Cholera
Senegal has Dengue fever
ASIA
SPERM STRUGGLES IN CHINA AND INDIA
Last Public Health Wednesday, we mentioned the severity of Air polltuion and brain developement for Southeast Asian infants. Recent reports show that the air pollution in China and India are affecting the quality of sperm for men in the region.
BANGLADESH
I am not sure why this is not reported. I do know if there is drama with: India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh it will be reported.
The People's Republic of Bangladesh, UNICEF, WHO, GAVI ( Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) and the Vaccine Alliance launched a DTAP childhood immunization campaign for all Rohingya children below 6 years of age living on the Myanmar border.
Childhood Immunizations
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Apparently there is Super Malaria. I swear no one told me of a weak malaria, medium strength malaria and regular malaria. I have suffered from regular malaria and that is just pure hell. I mean you feel like death.
THIS IS THE DYING PART I WAS TRYING TO MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I PRESENT TO YOU THE EVIL KNOWN AS THE ANOPHELES MOSQUITO. SHE GIVES YOU MALARIA.
Quinine is BITTER AND NASTYYYY.
The Supermalaria parasite appears to originate from Southeast Asia and it is only a matter of time before Africa gets Supermalaria. This strand is resistant to all current treatment.
UPDATE ON THE PHILIPPINES
Last week, we reported that the Philippines halted the Dengue Fever vaccination Dengvaxia. The Ministry of Health, will take Sanofi to court for $59 million because Sanofi was not honest about the side effects.
Oh, The real drama is that former President Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Cojuangco Aquino II received an invitation from the Senate to attend the next hearing on the vaccine. It was his administration, his okay for Sanofi to carry out the vaccinations and his mess.
CHINA AND ZAMBIA ANYTIME YOU NEED A FRIEND...
So in Africa & Asian Global Health coporation, China will help construct a national public health laboratory in Zambia. Let us wait and see just how this works. Bravo to Zambia for appreciating the severity of their public health issues.
Before we go, on the behalf of ESE & SEGYE, Water & Cassava, Keeka & Lisu and The Cocoyams & would like you to honor and observe December 12th as Universal Health Coverage Day.
However, the conversation continues in Tokyo, Japan. The city will host the forum targeting this issue for the entire week of Dec 12th- Dec 15th with the Government of Japan, World Bank, World Health Organization, UNICEF, UHC2030 and JICA as hosts.
See you next PHW!