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Some thoughts on one of the greatest medical emergencies and moral dilemmas of the modern era. It’s HIV/AIDS infection. 22.5 million of the 40 milion people worldwide infected with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa. Only one percent of those who need anti-aids drugs get them. There are organizations that do everything they can to help. [...] Continue reading Africa’s HIV/AIDS problem Turkey is a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for many Americans. It is a carry over from the pilgrims and their original feast of Thanksgiving when the native bird was plentiful in the wild. So why do we call it Turkey? There is a reason and as happens so many times, the all-American bird got its name [...] Continue reading More Greece Please Another meaningful day traveling with the CMMB BOD in Kenya. We flew to Kisumu on the shores of Lake Victoria. It's a one horse airport, but two airlines come in twice a day and our small jet was full. We traveled northwest about 30-miles to an area known as Aluor.There is a Catholic mission hospital [...] Continue reading Rural Africa Dateline: Nairobi: Kenya. Monday post First impressions of Kenya, Africa. Warm, but not hot, even though I am near to and just below the equator. Nairobi is the Capitol city of Kenya with a population of four million people. The area was an uninhabited swamp until a supply depot of the Uganda Railway was built [...] Continue reading Kenya First Impressions Good Morning All, As you read this post I am on my way to Nairobi, Kenya and I will be in country for nearly a week. You will notice come Monday a new blog visual header designed by my friend and noted artist Sue DiCicco. Thank you Sue. I will be with some executive personnel [...] Continue reading Africa In a few weeks I will be heading to Kenya, Africa to join the CMMB, the Catholic Medical Mission Board, on how they minister to the medical needs of so many in so much need in what we call the third world. A half-hour program will result. I wish we had never coined the phrase, [...] Continue reading Africa It’s time to think about the effect of thought on world leaders. President Obama travels today to the G-20 summit in London. The organizers have suggested that this event could make a significant contribution to global economic recovery. Leaders of the G-20 countries are attending along with their finance ministers and top bankers. There are [...] Continue reading G-20 Summit Turkey is a traditional dinner today for many Americans. It is a carry over from the pilgrims and their original feast of Thanksgiving when the native bird was plentiful in the wild. So why do we call it Turkey? There is a reason and as happens so many times, the all-American bird got its name [...] Continue reading Turkey Day |
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What is it?
We have a continuing big problem on this planet. It’s AIDS. HIV infection. 22.9 million of the 40 milion people worldwide infected with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa. Only one percent of those who need anti-aids drugs get them. The cost is too high. Already there are 11 million orphans. In fact the professionals needed [...]
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