Malanding, you can say that again. Chi Jaama Joe >From: Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: For those who can't stop reading about The Gambia >Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:26:48 -0500 > >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. > >¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] >¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ _________________________________________________________________ FREE online classifieds from Windows Live Expo – buy and sell with people you know http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwex0010000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://expo.live.com?s_cid=Hotmail_tagline_12/06 ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤