[afro-nets] AFRO-NETS is about malaria (22)

[Dr. Shamim ul Moula <shamimul.moula@gmail.com>]

AFRO-NETS is about malaria (22)
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On 12/30/05, Craig Audiss <cybrcollectinc@yahoo.com> wrote:
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 > AFRO-NETS is about malaria (21)


A very nice proposal that could be thought to deal with malaria
in private sectors. But it requires huge money and technology
those can be only made available by the Government or the donors
possibly. So, in this case, we need possibly Government patroni-
zation, but only a "popular" Government will do that. How to
make them a real "welfare" Government to look after the matter?

Or to take the interim strategies to achieve "as much as we can"
for the millions deprived from the present actors in the field
like donor and corrupted Governments through strongest global
and country-wise advocacy and massive awareness campaigns until
we get the Governments people oriented in real sense? And that
is another chapter to make them really people's oriented, trans-
parent and clean up to an extent!

Still hope, community based participatory interventions by the
CBO/NGO with optimal knowledge like DDT are sufficient to re-
strict malaria, no precision technology is required for whom,
sometimes millions of US $ is shifted to the consultants' pock-
ets.

In my country Bangladesh, I was very much surprised to meet a
busy western consultant in the Bangladesh World Bank office
while planning National Health and Population Program (HPSP) in
1998. The comparatively young fellow kindly informed me that he
had been contributing in our mentioned planning! Also he in-
formed me that he was just a literature graduate and first time
in Bangladesh so far I can remember now! Who are they? How are
they recruited? How do they dare to dictate the local experts
with more academic fits and indigenous knowledge? I heard of an
expat who came here to lead a community health & nutrition pro-
gram for a world famous western NGO with past experience of bak-
ery business in his country! How can we people get rid of these
"experts"?

Please forgive if I hurt anyone, but these are the plain truths.

Regards,

Dr.Shamim ul Moula
Dhaka, Bangladesh
mailto:shamimul.moula@gmail.net