AFRO-NETS> How do people in Africa want to die? (2)

[Peter Burgess <Profitinafrica@aol.com>]

How do people in Africa want to die? (2)
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Dear Colleagues
 
I think this is an extremely important question, and I am glad that 
it has been asked.
 
I have talked a lot over the past few years about the population of 
Africans that have been directly affected by death and HIV-AIDS. 
While we sometimes talk about 7,000 Africans a day dying, there are 
an enormous number affected by each of these deaths, and a lot of the 
issues relate to financial and economic matters in the family and in 
the community.
 
In my career I have done quite a lot of work related to rebuilding an 
economy after some crisis event (war and refugee / IDP flows, drought 
and famine, failed development) and it is apparent that resources are 
a critical matter. But it is not only having resources, it is using 
the resources in the best possible way, and that is not always self 
evident. Getting resources to local people and organizations that can 
do useful work on a continuing basis seems to be the key. Sadly that 
is not the model that is generally used today for delivery of helpful 
resources, and sadly resources are probably delivering only a tiny 
fraction of what they could be doing if used better.
 
Thank you or bringing this question of dying to the forefront. Now we 
have the question, what are the possible practical solutions?
 
 
Sincerely,
 
Peter Burgess
ATCnet in New York
Tel: +1-212-772-6918 
Fax: +1-707-371-7805
mailto:peterb@iitc.safe-mail.net
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