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Subject: PAMBAZUKA NEWS 50 PART I - GOMA, CONGO: CITY AIR MAKES MEN FREE?
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1.EDITORIAL
GOMA, CONGO: CITY AIR MAKES MEN FREE?
Ben Wisner
A series of question come to mind in the face of the damage to a large town
in a volcanic eruption.
Principle question is suggested by the irony of Goethe's aphorism.
Does "city air make men free" in the case of Goma? Why is Goma where it is?
What was its function in the days of Belgian colonialism? Under Mobutu? In
1994? Now? Is it a life boat for people in a sea of economic and security
threats, or is it a death trap?
Another question concerns "disaster diplomacy" in the broad sense. This is
a very unstable region where there are several armed groups dating from the
terrible events in Rwanda in 1994 and also the civil war within Mobutu's
Zaire and, after his downfall, within the new Democratic Republic of Congo.
The latter war became internationalized as a number of African countries
became involved on one side or the other. There is presently a cease fire
supervised by the United Nations. Will armed groups take advantage of this
situation to do more than loot, possibly beginning hostilities again? Will
people displaced by the volcano be in danger from armed gangs?
To what extent has this long history of war and instability undermined the
capacity of local government, at municipal level, such as in the sizeable
town (small city) of Goma (pop. 500,000)? Would more municipal capacity
have provided clearer, more timely, and credible warnings and instructions?
A third cluster of questions surround this issue of risk communication. Why
have the population movements sea-sawed back and forth between Rwanda and
Congo? Why don't displaced persons want to stay in the camps that have been
established for them farther from the volcano, deeper in Rwanda (an
additional 20 km)? What efforts at risk communication have been undertaken?
RECOVERY
What was the status quo ante? Is that to be the goal of recovery? What was
municipal capacity before? What was scientific capacity? If one agrees with
Oxfam UK director, Barbara Stocking, that the prior situation was, in
itself, a human development disaster, then what should the goal of recovery
be?
In the future there will be an on-going volcano treat. (With the next heavy
rain will there be mass movements of cement-like ash called lahar?) Are
there more and less exposed sites in greater Goma? Have they been mapped?
Will people be resettled there? How?
Many cities "live with volcanoes". There are dozens of examples in the
Caribbean, Central America, the Andes, Philippines, Indonesia, and Japan.
Seattle sits within view of Mt. Rainer, and Quito just below Pinchicha.
Think of Hilo, Hawaii; San Salvador, El Salvador; Puebla, Mexico; or
Kagoshima, Japan. What can they teach Goma? What are the preconditions for
Goma's being able to institutionalize such lessons?
In this context an interesting comparison presents itself. As one looks
back a few years hence at the recovery process on the Caribbean island of
Montserrat, where the principle city was destroyed, and the recovery of
Goma, how will the two compare?
On a more philosophical note, a few questions about urbanism and
urbanization suggest themselves. Throughout history cities have served
regions of towns, villages, homesteads. They have had links with other
cities of the same size and larger ones. They have been part of networks.
Cities have economic, administrative, military, and social functions.
Presumably Goma has been such a city? Has it slowly ceased to be a city in
any of those senses since 1994? If so, can it be such a city again?
Does one perhaps need a new name for a new kind of city: isolated by
disintegration of the national state administrative and economic network?
Maintained by the economic activity of foreign relief agencies, militias,
and peace keepers? At risk to a wide variety of natural and technological
hazards because of the deterioration of managerial capacity, economic
viability, and deterioration of infrastructure?
Sarajevo? Kandahar? Mogadishu? Now: Goma?
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=5402
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2.CONFLICT, EMERGENCIES, AND CRISES
ANGOLA: UN SANCTIONS MONITORS IN LUANDA
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=19223&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=ANGOLA
Members of the UN Monitoring Mechanism on Sanctions against UNITA are in
Luanda to hold discussions with diplomats, civil society and President Jose
Eduardo dos Santos' government.
CONCERN DISPATCHES EMERGENCY AID TO DR CONGO
http://www.concern.ie/news/congo_press.htm
Concern has responded by allocating an initial €100,000 to aid those
affected by the eruption of the Nyiragongo Volcano near Goma, Democratic
Republic of Congo.
DRC FACES A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
http://dw-world.de/english/0,3367,4789_W_412498,00.html
Aid agencies in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been struggling to
help thousands of desperate people in the aftermath of a volcanic eruption.
Many refugees refused to go into camps to be fed and insisted on returning
to their homes in Goma to inspect damage, relief officials said on Sunday.
DRC: AGREEMENT IN BRUSSELS AMONG NON-BELLIGERENTS
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=19440&SelectRegion=Great_Lakes&SelectCountry=DRC
Representatives of the political opposition and civil society of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) - meeting in Brussels this week to
discuss the future of their country - signed a 14-page document on Thursday
aimed at paving the way towards the inter-Congolese dialogue.
DRC: AID SHIFTS TO GOMA AS VOLCANO JUDGED SPENT
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20020121/wl/congo_democratic_volcano_dc.html
Aid agencies were poised to start substantial emergency supplies to the
stricken Congolese town of Goma on Tuesday after a leading expert said
Africa's deadliest volcanic eruption in 25 years appeared over.
DRC: AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT WILL FUND EMERGENCY RELIEF IN CONGO
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/media/release.cfm?
BC=Media&Id=8341_3495_5823_8443_8881
The Australian government will provide $500,000 in emergency aid following
the devastation caused by the eruption of Volcano Nyiragongo last Thursday
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
MR STRAW, I PRESUME
http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,636278,00.html
This week the UK Foreign Secretary begins a three-day trip to the Great
Lakes region of Central Africa. Next month Tony Blair will follow with a
trip expected to take in Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. In his
conference speech last October, Blair said that Africa is a 'scar on the
conscience of the world'. Whether he has anything more than a sticking
plaster to offer as a cure will soon become clear.
OXFAM RESPOND TO THE CONGO DISASTER
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/whatnew/press/drcmoral.html
Oxfam has commited funds to assist victims of Congo volcanic eruption and
has appealed to international community to honour their moral obligation to
help Congo. It says the international community has failed to help Congo
escape years of war and now they have a chance to get it right following
Thursday's horrific volcanic eruption in Goma.
ROADMAP TO UNILATERALIST NUCLEAR POLICY
http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2002/0201nuke.html
The congressionally mandated Nuclear Posture Review (NPR, not to be
confused, even for a second with "National Public Radio"), released last
week, was an opportunity for President Bush and his team to provide a
framework for formulating a U.S. nuclear strategy for the post-cold war
world--something the Clinton administration failed to do with its own
nuclear review in 1994. However, much like the Defense Department's
Quadrennial Defense Review, which was described by Senator Carl Levin
as "full of decisions deferred," ambiguity prevails.
SIERRA LEONE: 3,000 WEAPONS BURNED TO SYMBOLISE END OF CONFLICT
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=19447&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=SIERRA_LEONE
A symbolic weapons burning ceremony took place at Lungi, north of the
capital Freetown, on Friday to mark the end of a decade of civil conflict
in Sierra Leone. During the event 3,000 weapons and hundreds of rounds of
ammunition were destroyed, Francis Kai-Kai, Executive Secretary of the
National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration, told
IRIN on Friday.
SOMALIA AS A US MILITARY TARGET
http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2002/0201somalia.html
The east African nation of Somalia is being mentioned with increasing
frequency as a possible next target in the U.S.-led war against
international terrorism. Somalia is a failed state--with what passes for
the central government controlling little more than a section of the
national capital of Mogadishu, a separatist government in the north, and
rival warlords and clan leaders controlling most the remainder of the
country. Before the U.S. attacks that impoverished country, however, it is
important to recognize how Somalia became a possible haven for the
followers of Osama bin Laden and what might result if America goes to war.
SOMALIA: OPPOSITION GROUP URGES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO HELP
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=19425&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=SOMALIA
The Somali opposition grouping, Somali Reconciliation and Restoration
Council (SRRC), on Friday urged the international community to step in and
resolve once and for all the civil conflict that has blighted the war-
ravaged country since 1991.
SUDAN: CAUTIOUS WELCOME FOR NUBA CEASE-FIRE ACCORD
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=19662&SelectRegion=East_Africa&SelectCountry=SUDAN
The government of Sudan and the rebel Sudanese People's Liberation
Movement/Army from the Nuba Mountains (SPLM/A-Nuba) on Saturday signed a
renewable six-month cease-fire agreement for the area in Southern Kordofan,
south-central Sudan.
UGANDA: "DUKA-DUKA!": MEMORIES OF THE CIVIL WAR
http://www.uct.ac.za/org/agi/newslet/vol9/duka.htm
Reading the title of this article and knowing the history of Uganda, one
may ask: “which war?” There have been several civil wars in my country
since independence; in fact, currently (un)civil war rages in the northern
and southwestern regions of Uganda. The civil strife that I refer to here
is that which Ugandans witnessed between 1981 and 1986. The war itself was
concentrated in the so-called “Luwero Triangle” - a large swathe of land
lying just 50 miles northwest of the capital city, Kampala. Nevertheless,
generalized violence and bloodshed rippled throughout the length and
breadth of the country and touched each one of us. Moreover, the civil war
took place against a historical backdrop of vicious military and civilian
dictatorships in Uganda's post-independent politics. The words “duka-duka”
were reminiscent of the times - running for cover and fleeing civil strife.
ZIMBABAWE: HUNT FOR MUGABE'S ASSETS
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2002jan/features/21jan-zim1.html
Commonwealth, European Union and United States officials have begun
investigating the overseas assets of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, his
family and his close associates in readiness for possible sanctions against
the country.
ZIMBABWE CRACKS DOWN ON 'ILLEGAL' JOURNALISTS
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/news.html#zim
Zimbabwean authorities are searching for several foreign journalists who
entered the country as tourists in defiance of a ban on most visiting
correspondents, a senior government official said on Thursday.
ZIMBABWE: CRACKS APPEAR IN MUGABE CABINET
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/news.html#crax
The Zimbabwe government has failed, for the second time in a week, to
introduce in parliament a controversial bill that would clamp down on press
freedom.
ZIMBABWE: DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES'S FOOD SECURITY FUNDING COMES THROUGH
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=19842&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=ZIMBABWE
Christian AID,Save the Children and UN World Food Programmes's funding for
food security in Zimbabwe's poorest regions has had a positive impact on
intended beneficiaries.
ZIMBABWE: MUGABE IS LOSING ARMY'S SUPPORT, SAYS WAR VETERAN
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=3451
The Zimbabwean army is disillusioned with Robert Mugabe and will not
support his attempts to cling to power if he loses the forthcoming
presidential election, according to a former guerrilla commander who was
close to Mr Mugabe during the war that brought him to power.
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3.RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
CAMEROON:HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER TARGETED AND HARASSED
The arrest of a respected human rights lawyer underlines a consistent
pattern of intimidation and harassment of human rights defenders in
Cameroon, Amnesty International have said.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=5342
GUINEA-BISSAU: LAWYERS TO FINALLY VISIT COUP DETAINEES
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=19446&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=GUINEA-BISSAU
After spending one and half months in prison, the 29 alleged plotters of a
coup attempt reported in Guinea Bissau last month, will finally be allowed
to meet defence lawyers, the Portuguese news agency Lusa reported on Friday.
MADAGASCAR'S CHILD BONDAGE
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2002jan/features/24jan-madagascar.html
Thousands of Madagascar children find themselves in domestic slavery,
according to this piece published on the Daily Mail & Guardian.
MADAGASCAR: PROTESTS SET TO RESUME AFTER COURT RULING
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=19362&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=MADAGASCAR
Presidential candidate Marc Ravalomanana has called on his supporters to
return to the streets in protest following a High Constitutional Court
ruling on Wednesday to recount votes cast in presidential polls on 16
December.
NIGERIA: HUNDREDS FLEE AFTER MOB KILLS SEVEN POLICEMEN
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=19685&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=NIGERIA
Hundreds of people fled a rural town in Nigeria’s northern Katsina State
fearing reprisal attacks after a mob killed seven policemen, residents said
on Monday.
NIGERIA: ICFTU DEMANDS SWIFT RELEASE OF NLC LEADER
The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) reacted today
with outrage at the arbitrary arrest of the President of the Nigeria Labour
Congress (NLC), Adams Oshiomhole. In a letter to ILO Director General, Juan
Somavia, the Brussels-based labour group strongly condemned the arrest of
the labour leader, incarcerated while leading a nation-wide protest over a
hike in petrol prices.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=5306
NIGERIA: LAWYERS TEAM UP AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
A consortium of Nigerian lawyers opposed to the death penalty, are
representing Safiya Husseini Tungar Tudu, the 30-year-old woman sentenced
to death by stoning for adultery, in the northern state of Sokoto.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=5331
RWANDA: TRIBUNAL RELEASES FIRST CD-ROM
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=19420&SelectRegion=Great_Lakes&SelectCountry=RWANDA
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has released a CD-ROM
containing the decisions and papers from the court's first five years of
operation, the first such conference tool the UN has produced in
international criminal justice, the world body reported on Thursday.
SADC SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=3420
Final Communique of the SADC Extra-Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and
Government, January 2002, Blantyre, Malawi.
SIERRA LEONE:AN INDEPENDENT PROSECUTION POLICY MUST BE ASSURED
If the Special Court for Sierra Leone is to tackle impunity effectively and
fairly and contribute to the peace and reconciliation process, the
independence of the prosecutor must be assured and monitored, adequate and
sustained funding must be guaranteed, and a clear relationship between the
Special Court and Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) established,"
Amnesty International has said.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=5377
SWAZILAND: JAILED PRESIDENT OF PUDEMO ON TRIAL THIS WEEK
Swaziland Solidarity Network
The political landscape in Swaziland is daily changing due to the
intensified brutality and terror of a desperate regime. This desperacy is
met with the untiring resolve of the struggling masses of our country to
meet fire with fire. This last week saw a huge turn out at a National
Prayer service for the jailed President of PUDEMO – Cde Mario Masuku, just
a few days before the beginning of the 10-days marathon trial in the
capital city of Swaziland, Mbabane, which begins on the 24th January, 2002.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=5278
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UNIQUE COURT TO TRY KILLERS OF SIERRA LEONE
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2002jan/features/18jan-sierra.html
The United Nations and Sierra Leone's government on Wednesday agreed to
establish a unique war crimes tribunal to try those most responsible for
atrocities in a civil war noted for its horrific treatment of civilians,
particularly children.
US: ANTI-TERROR CAMPAIGN CLOAKING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE
The anti-terror campaign led by the United States is inspiring
opportunistic attacks on civil liberties around the world, Human Rights
Watch warned in its new annual global survey.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=5318
US: TOUGHER THAN TERROR
http://www.prospect.org/print/V13/2/slaughter-a.html
A protracted US war against terror must combine military force with the
resources of the criminal-justice system. And this exercise must be
multilateral in two complementary senses: Military campaigns and their
aftermath require the assembly of coalitions, the cooperation of allies,
and the use of international peacekeeping forces and relief efforts under
the aegis of international agencies. Furthermore, a war against terror
necessarily requires the cooperation of many nations in hunting down and
bringing to justice individual suspects. Simply to try all suspected
terrorists before U.S. military tribunals intended for emergency
battlefield conditions would put America at odds not only with its own
domestic constitutional safeguards but with international conventions on
the treatment of prisoners of war.
ZIMBABWE FACES 'SMART SANCTIONS'
EU Loses Patience Over Human Rights
Zimbabwe faces the near certainty of EU sanctions yesterday after failing
to give assurances on press freedom, or to say how international observers
will be able to monitor the presidential elections.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=5390
ZIMBABWE: ANNAN CONCERNED, BUT WELCOMES SADC ACTION
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=19213&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=ZIMBABWE
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has welcomed Zimbabwean President Robert
Mugabe's assurances of a free and fair election in March, but says he
is "acutely" concerned by the promulgation of a battery of restrictive laws
in the troubled southern African country.
ZIMBABWE: BASELESS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST CIVIL SOCIETY ARE AN OPEN INVITATION
TO ATTACK THEM
Baseless allegations against a human rights organization printed in
Zimbabwe's state controlled daily newspaper signal the newest phase in the
government's campaign to undermine civil society, according to Amnesty
International.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=5378
ZIMBABWE: PRO-MUGABE MILITANTS BLOCK OPPOSITION RALLY
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=3446
At least 18 people were injured in Zimbabwe on Sunday when pro government
militants blocked the opposition from holding a rally, the party's
secretary general said.
ZIMBABWE: SIGNS OF PROGRESS - ZIMRIGHTS
There are signs that the Zimbabwean government is trying to honour
commitments it made to its neighbours at the recent Southern African
Development Community (SADC)summit in Malawi, a leading human rights
activist told IRIN on Tuesday.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=5393
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4.CORRUPTION
BENIN: NINE MAGISTRATES REPORTEDLY ARRESTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?
id=020121005408&query=corruption
In Benin, the determination of President Kerekou's government to fight
corruption is bearing fruit. In this connection, nine magistrates have just
been arrested. They are accused of stealing more than 1bn CFA francs.
KENYA'S LIST OF CORRUPTION UNVEILED
http://www.nationaudio.com/News/DailyNation/19012002/News/News61.html
Three government departments have been ranked as the most corrupt in Kenya
in a dramatic new national survey. Kenya Police top the bribery league
followed by the Ministry of Public Works and the Immigration Department.
KENYA: POLICE CONTEST REPORT OF SERIOUS CORRUPTION
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=19689&SelectRegion=East_Africa&SelectCountry=KENYA
The Kenyan police and the ruling party have both rejected a new report
stating that the police force is the most heavily bribed institution in
Kenya, saying that it was an effort to discredit the government and its
efforts to fight corruption.
KENYA: TRAFFIC POLICE TARGETED IN LATEST WAR ON CORRUPTION
http://www.nationaudio.com/News/DailyNation/Today/News/News7.html
The police are the first targets of an "aggressive war" on public
corruption that has been launched in Kenya. Mr Swaleh Slim's anti-
corruption police unit chose the graft-prone traffic police department as
its first stop. Graft fighting experts will assess the magnitude of the
problem in the police department before they move to other government
departments perceived to be dens of corruption.
SOUTH AFRICA: CRIME, CORRUPTION TOP LIST OF OBSTACLES
http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,1005931-6099-0,00.html
SA OPINION makers have identified crime and corruption as the two biggest
obstacles to doing business in the country.
SOUTH AFRICA: THE ARMS DEAL AND HIV/AIDS
http://www.uct.ac.za/org/agi/newslet/vol9/arms.htm
The Strategic Defence Procurement Package, better known as the arms deal,
has angered the South African public. Common sense indicates that in the
middle of a health crisis such as HIV/Aids which requires massive public
investment, spending large amounts of money on military hardware is gravely
inappropriate. Media attention on the arms deal has been primarily focused
on Cabinet's lack of accountability to parliament, and the corruption in
the procurement process. These are crucial issues that deserve close media
scrutiny. Furthermore, without the incentives for graft that exist in the
arms industry, it seems unlikely that the deal would have taken place, so
an analysis of the arms deal that does not consider corruption would be
incomplete. However, it is arguably the misplaced priority given to arms
spending that is at the core of public dissatisfaction with the deal. If no
evidence of corruption had arisen, and Cabinet had received unequivocal
approval from parliament for the deal, it is likely that civil society
organisations would still have reacted with indignation.
ZIMBABWE: HELP NEEDED TO TRACE MUGABE FUNDS, SAYS PWC
http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?
id=020118001219&query=mugabe
International auditingfirms operating in southern Africa said an
investigation into the assets of Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe, and
those of his associates would be strengthened by the co-operation of
international donor agencies.
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5.HEALTH
ETHIOPIA: CHURCH LEADER WARNS AGAINST SPREAD OF AIDS
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=19811&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=ETHIOPIA
The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox church has warned about the spread of
AIDS in a sermon marking the country's holiest day. Patriarch Abune Paulos,
in an address to celebrate Ethiopian Epiphany, urged the community to
provide support and show compassion to victims of the virus.
INASP HEALTH LINKS
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'INASP Health Links' is a new Gateway to selected Web sites of special
interest to health professionals, medical library communities, publishers,
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let us know what you think of the site and, especially, how we might
improve it.
MOZAMBIQUE: CHOLERA EPIDEMIC KILLS 139
http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2002/01/01182002/ap_46173.asp
A cholera epidemic in 8 of Mozambique's 11 provinces has infected 11,527
people and killed 139 in only a few months, health officials said. The
epidemic began in August in the central Zambezia province, where more than
half the deaths have been recorded, Avertino Barreto, the deputy national
director of health, told state radio.
SA: MORE THINKING NEEDED TO TACKLE CHOLERA
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2002jan/features/22jan-cholera1.html
Lindy Morrison and Richard Holden, both officials of the Mvula Trust, a
water and sanitation NGO working in rural and peri-urban communities,
suggest how to tackle cholera in South Africa.
SA: TACKLING THE CHOLERA CRISIS
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2002jan/features/22jan-cholera.html
About 3 400 people in KwaZulu-Natal have been infected with cholera over
the past six weeks and Sapa reports a further outbreak in the Eastern Cape.
SOME SEXUAL LUBRICANTS MAY INACTIVATE HIV
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv_recent_rep.cfm?
dr_cat=1&show=yes&dr_DateTime=17-Jan-02#9004
Some "safe, inexpensive [and] widely available" sexual lubricants
containing two compounds reduced HIV replication by 99.9% in HIV-infected
sperm, according to a University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston study
published in the November 2001 issue of AIDS Research and Human
Retroviruses, Salon.com reports.
SOUTH AFRICA: MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ENDORSES USE OF POST-EXPOSURE TREATMENT
FOR RAPE SURVIVORS
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv_recent_rep.cfm?
dr_cat=1&show=yes&dr_DateTime=16-Jan-02#8979
The South African Medical Association, which represents 17,000 doctors, two-
thirds of whom work in the public sector, has announced its support for
physicians who prescribe post-exposure prophylaxis antiretroviral treatment
for rape survivors, despite the national government's policy against such
treatment, the South African Press Association reports.
TANZANIA: SCIENTISTS FIND WILD CHIMP WITH SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv.cfm#9023
AIDS researchers have discovered simian immunodeficiency virus, an HIV-like
virus, for the first time in the wild in a Tanzanian chimpanzee, the AP/New
York Times reports. The findings "bolster" the theory that HIV originated
in chimps, Dr. Beatrice Hahn, a molecular geneticist at the University of
Alabama-Birmingham, said in her report that appears in the journal Science.
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