Some good news $785 million to be spent on fighting tropical diseases

Capt'n Midnight

You don't want to catch any of them, and if they are eliminated no one need ever catch them ever again.


http://unitingtocombatntds.org/

Today in London, 13 pharmaceutical companies, the U.S., U.K. and U.A.E governments, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank and other global health organisations announced a new, coordinated push to accelerate progress toward eliminating or controlling 10 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by the end of the decade.

http://unitingtocombatntds.org/downloads/press/ntd_event_disease_summaries.pdf

Elimination by 2020 of
Guinea worm disease, Leprosy,lymphatic filariasis, blinding trachoma ,sleeping sickenss

Local control of
river blindness , schistosomiasis, , visceral leishmaniasis, chagas , soil transmitted Helminthes,


http://www.dfid.gov.uk/News/Latest-news/2012/Britain-to-protect-more-than-140-million-in-global-effort-to-rid-the-world-of-neglected-tropical-diseases/

Britain’s increased aid is largely focused on four diseases – lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), onchocerciasis (river blindness), schistosomiasis (bilharzia) and dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm).

It will help make Guinea Worm the second human disease ever to be eradicated in history by 2015, help secure the elimination of elephantiasis and river blindness and protect millions more from bilharzia.

Doc Ruby

Yeah they're starting to recognise that tropical diseases mutate, migrate, and then even the wealthiest banker is dying on a hospital bed somewhere. We've already got tuberculosis which has no known treatment spreading rapidly.

Bit of self preservation there tbh.

policarp

So they can go anywhere in the world in search of Weapons of Mass Destruction, without fear of infection, whilst holidaying on duty free oil. . .

ClovenHoof

Gates and his wife are just the latest in a long line of aristocratic American eugencists. Not only do they get to wipe Darwin's "Lesser Races" off the face of the earth - but they generate massive profits for Big Pharma.

These drugs will be paid for out of our taxes in order to make sure Africans remain a people who always need the white man to civilise them.

Same old story rich White Folks making money for other rich white folk and ensuring that the people of colour need to be eh...restricted.

Bill Gates is the 21st Century's Cecil Rhodes dealing with the natives. Same ole, same ole.

Leave Africans alone. They are not on a wildlife reserve and need culling.

My name is URL

policarp wrote: »

So they can go anywhere in the world in search of Weapons of Mass Destruction, without fear of infection, whilst holidaying on duty free oil. . .

Jesus, I thought I was cynical

Mr Benevolent

Now the Tropical Diseases song is going through my head.

'Tropical diseases, they'll give you pox and wheezes...'

bleg

Doc Ruby wrote: »

Yeah they're starting to recognise that tropical diseases mutate, migrate, and then even the wealthiest banker is dying on a hospital bed somewhere. We've already got tuberculosis which has no known treatment spreading rapidly.

Bit of self preservation there tbh.

Wait. Do you think this is a good thing or bad thing?


Just read other responses to this thread. Depressing.

Doc Ruby

bleg wrote: »

Wait. Do you think this is a good thing or bad thing?

Oh its a good thing, even a great thing, but before the roses start showering down there is an element of enlightened self interest I would say. Still, lets hope they keep it up.

ballsymchugh

ClovenHoof wrote: »

Gates and his wife are just the latest in a long line of aristocratic American eugencists. Not only do they get to wipe Darwin's "Lesser Races" off the face of the earth - but they generate massive profits for Big Pharma.

These drugs will be paid for out of our taxes in order to make sure Africans remain a people who always need the white man to civilise them.

Same old story rich White Folks making money for other rich white folk and ensuring that the people of colour need to be eh...restricted.

Bill Gates is the 21st Century's Cecil Rhodes dealing with the natives. Same ole, same ole.

Leave Africans alone. They are not on a wildlife reserve and need culling.

:rolleyes:

God forbid someone with more money than they could ever imagine might help someone less fortunate..

seantorious

Chagas disease, sure you can get that in Coppers

policarp

My name is URL wrote: »

Jesus, I thought I was cynical

A touch of cynicism with a wee touch of my brand of gallows humour. . .

fishy fishy

as someone who got a touch of river blindness while holidaying by the Shannon last year, I welcome this.

_AVALANCHE_

Billy G only puts the "charity Money" into something that he can get a Patent out of in the end.

A cure for "insert disease here", what's that worth?

F-OFF Billy G.

dilallio

That's great news.

The last thing I would wish on anyone is that horrible disease known as
Hong Kong Dong.

Capt'n Midnight

_AVALANCHE_ wrote: »

Billy G only puts the "charity Money" into something that he can get a Patent out of in the end.

A cure for "insert disease here", what's that worth?

F-OFF Billy G.

Not a lot since most of those with the disease are poor and eradicating the disease kills off future revenue streams.

[cynic]
It's about the best PR money can buy though. [/cynic]

dirtyden

Doc Ruby wrote: »

Yeah they're starting to recognise that tropical diseases mutate, migrate, and then even the wealthiest banker is dying on a hospital bed somewhere. We've already got tuberculosis which has no known treatment spreading rapidly.

Bit of self preservation there tbh.

Most of the above ailments are parasitic and only thrive in the tropics, specifically in dirty water, however I do not disagree entirely with your sentiment.

goose2005

ClovenHoof wrote: »

Gates and his wife are just the latest in a long line of aristocratic American eugencists. Not only do they get to wipe Darwin's "Lesser Races" off the face of the earth - but they generate massive profits for Big Pharma.

These drugs will be paid for out of our taxes in order to make sure Africans remain a people who always need the white man to civilise them.

Same old story rich White Folks making money for other rich white folk and ensuring that the people of colour need to be eh...restricted.

Bill Gates is the 21st Century's Cecil Rhodes dealing with the natives. Same ole, same ole.

Leave Africans alone. They are not on a wildlife reserve and need culling.

So should they shoot them, or cure them, or leave them alone? Are you a racist, or are you calling them racist? And how are African societies to progress if much of the population are blind/crippled/sick/caring for the sick? "Disease load" is a big burden on their economies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooi1vGycx8c

Chuck Stone

How much of the cost of this falls on the lap of the tax-payer?

Do the Pharma companies contribute or is this simply a transfer of wealth and opportunity from tax-payer to shareholder, CEO and bureaucrat?