Sister Jabou,
Thanks for this forward but this is getting unbearable.
While I can understand Mr Jammeh perceiving himself as not only a great 
leader but a doctor, healer and all the baggage that comes with his 
unique, unprecidented position, I find Mr Mbowe's stance very offensive. 
AIDS is not a joke and he damn well knows that. It is not funny to use 
presidential bully pulpit to make falls claims about curing this 
horrible disease and he knows that too.  Mr. Mbowe owes it to himself, 
his family, his peers in the practice of medicine and to his position as 
the Gambia's chief medical officer to stop associating himself with this 
blasfemous behavior. Using medical jargon and misleading statistics  as 
a smoke screen for Mr Jammeh to use the sick poor and helpless Gambians 
for this ego trip is very sickening and shameless. I do not want to be 
personal but the behavior of Mr. Mbowe and many others at GRTS and Daily 
Observer is outright grotesque and unpatriotic as Gambians. The Gambia 
does not deserve sons and daughters who would rather keep their jobs 
than to protect its good name or the very poor and sick citizens.  The 
Presidency do not deserve the service of those who do not have the 
backbone or descency to give it good advice it needs. I wonder whether 
Mr. Jammeh realize what the whole world are saying about him and the 
rest of  his Gambia?
Providing Mr. Jammeh the forum to toy with sick in hospitals to satisfy 
his ego is atrocious. But more henious is  professionals deliberately 
concocting stories and broadcasting them including posting half-nake 
women on every media outlet including the internet. God damn you all!

Malanding Jaiteh




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>Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
>Issue No. 017/2007, 12-13 February,  2007
>
>Editorial
>A SECOND ADVICE ON HIV/AIDS TREATMENT IN THE GAMBIA
>Foroyaa  first raised the question: Has a cure for HIV/Aids been found or are 
>those  living with HIV/AIDS being assisted to cope with the illness through 
>good  nutrition, control of opportunistic infections; elimination of stigma and 
>better  environmental and psychological conditions? We called for clinical 
>tests to be  done. 
>Dr Mbowe told GRTS that clinical tests have been done and that the  results 
>of the viral loads have been received since 4th February 2007. According  to 
>him, 9 people infected with HIV/AIDS had gone through the treatment. He  
>indicated that five people have undetectable viral load, one patient has  moderate 
>viral load and three patients have high viral loads.
>Apparently, Dr.  Mbowe is convinced that HIV/AIDS now has a cure. Infact, the 
>treatment is  continuing. 
>The issue of HIV/AIDS cure is a scientific one. It is  irresponsible for us 
>to merely give opinions. What is of profound importance is  a scientific 
>opinion.
>Since, the world community maintains that there is no  cure, the WHO has a 
>duty to act with speed to set up a committee of relevant  medical scientists to 
>come to the Gambia to take part in the investigation and  then inform the 
>world community whether  a cure for HIV/AIDS have been  found. Any delay in 
>setting up such a committee of scientists would be a sign of  irresponsibility and 
>insensitiveness to the plight of those living with HIV/AIDS  in The Gambia, in 
>particular and the international community, at large. 
>The  moment to act is now not later. The debate on international radio should 
>be  followed by scientific enquiry which is the only method appropriate to 
>validate  or invalidate a scientific phenomenon. 
>
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