TakingITGlobal - Tag - tuberculosis

Posted By: vanessamason Posted On: Aug 15, 2008	Universal Health Care Series: The National Security Argument
This post is Part III in a series exploring reasons to support universal health care. You can find the other parts of the series here . Fences and security checkpoints versus pathogens. David versus Goliath. While it seems that one side has the brute strength and power to counter the...... [view]

Posted By: zephyr Posted On: Mar 17, 2008	"The CIA considers HIV/AIDS to be the greatest threat, estimating that by 2020 it will be responsible for over half of all deaths from infectious disease in the developing world…"
HIV/AIDS, This Real Terror: Bahama Journal Editorial - Nassau, Bahamas: While most of us sleep, HIV/AIDS continues its deadly course throughout the world. Hardest hit is Africa, south of the Sahara Desert. Thereafter, we find the Caribbean, inclusive of Haiti and our own Bahamas. The...... [view]

Posted By: zephyr Posted On: Feb 21, 2008	Reflections of President Fidel Castro: The Republican Candidate - (Part Two)
ONE of the most hostile U.S. newspapers when it comes to Cuba, headquartered in Florida, offers the following report: “Taking advantage of the negotiations to free the Bay of Pigs’ prisoners, the CIA tried to use a key person in the talks, American lawyer James B. Donovan, to deliver a...... [view]

Posted By: scoutbanana Posted On: Apr 18, 2007	a phamaceutical not bent on profit
Do you see it there on the horizon? Hope is dawning and the situation seems to be less grim in this radiating light. Diseases run rampant in Africa, plan and simple, there is no health infrastructure to deal with the burden of preventable diseases. Meningitis for example can kill a child in...... [view]