Re:Trump Halts U.S. Funding of World Health Organization
by craftinator on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @01:45AM
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Interesting, thanks for the summary. I had no idea they did direct investment, though that seems like the only way to improve health in some parts of the world.
Re:Trump Halts U.S. Funding of World Health Organization
by klipt on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @11:52PM
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> And of course the importance to have protected sex to fend off AIDS, etc. (which is an upstream battle given the religious and traditions resistance to many of these advises)
Like when the Republicans wasted billions of dollars promoting abstinence as the solution to AIDS:
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/05/03/4766011...
Re:Trump Halts U.S. Funding of World Health Organization
by henearkr on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @01:11AM
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That's happens when launching one-sided projects from some particular country's ideology, instead of going through consensual WHO projects.
The AIDS projects from WHO would never dare consider abstinence. They already have the hardest job countering all the traditions and superstitions, even for the simplest thing as not to kiss the dead relatives, so how could they succeed in asking people not to have sex?
The WHO seems to compensate partly for the absence of universal healthcare in the poorest countries, by direct investment.
I suspect that it is also directed towards communication and information. Like teaching the developping world the known techniques to mitigate malaria, the primary hygienic gestures's importance (like using soap to wash hands), etc. And of course the importance to have protected sex to fend off AIDS, etc. (which is an upstream battle given the religious and traditions resistance to many of these advises)