Malanding, you can say that again.

Chi Jaama

Joe


>From: Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: For those who can't stop reading about The Gambia
>Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:26:48 -0500
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>The following from The Gambia Journal. I find it very sad.
>
>Malanding
>
>Gambia: Dr. Mbowe Guilty of Professional Irresponsibility
>
>
>
>The Gambia Journal 
><http://allafrica.com/publishers.html?passed_name=The%20Gambia%20Journal&passed_location=Banjul> 
>(Banjul)
>
>EDITORIAL
>January 29, 2007
>Posted to the web January 29, 2007
>
>The Gambia Secretary of State for Health, Dr. Tamsir Mbowe, has said he 
>could not disclose the contents of the herbal potion concocted by President 
>Jammeh to "cure" HIV/AIDS. In an interview with a BBC reporter Mr. Mbowe 
>said that all necessary information on the treatment would be released 
>later.
>
>Asked where he thought President Jammeh, who has no medical background, 
>acquired the knowledge and skill to "treat " the frightful disease, Mr. 
>Mbowe said he was not quite sure but that the Gambian President's family 
>"had long being treating people with skeletal or muscular ailments." He 
>also argued that he did not think such skill or knowledge could not only 
>come from universities but "from the Holy Koran as well." Asked if he could 
>vouch that Mr. Jammeh's "treatments" worked, Mr. Mbowe said "we have to 
>wait for the results."
>
>The Secretary of State who television pictures showed assisting the 
>mercurial Gambian leader "treating" the patients claimed that though they 
>are still waiting for test results, claimed that clinical observations so 
>far, have shown that the dozen or so patients who have started with the 
>"treatment" have shown "noticeable improvements." Dr. Mbowe claimed that 
>some of the patients have "gained up to seven kilograms in weight since 
>treatment started." Mr. Mbowe could however not precisely say when the 
>results of the laboratory tests were expected. Mr. Mbowe, who was a medical 
>practitioner before he became Health Minister two years ago, denied the BBC 
>reporter's suggestion that he and his boss, President Jammeh, were being 
>irresponsible in raising an other false hope for the cure of the deadly 
>disease.
>
>As far as we at The Gambia Journal are concerned, Jammeh's quack-like 
>claims are more than irresponsible. Surveys have shown that a good number 
>of Gambians are yet to firmly believe in the existence of the HIV/AIDS 
>disease. Without this realization by Gambians efforts to spread awareness 
>and prevention would be hampered by formidable obstacles. The contention 
>that Jammeh's weird claims is bound to evoke, may embolden disbelievers as 
>they watch the disagreements grow within the camp of the "believers."
>
>We are also worried at the unrestrained broadcast by GRTS television of the 
>fully televised "treatment" rituals clearly disclosing the identities of 
>the patients, almost certainly without their prior consent. We see this as 
>a grave violation of the personal integrity of the patients. Jammeh and his 
>henchmen at the Hospital seem to be completely mindless of the patients' 
>rights to privacy, anonymity, respect and dignity. On national television, 
>the unfortunate patients are compelled to answer to questions by President 
>Jammeh about their stool, boils on private parts and so on. No 
>consideration is given to their sense of shame. All that seem to matter for 
>Jammeh and his men is the pretentious show, not the concern of others.
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