[afro-nets] Roy Innis on malaria (4)

["Peter Burgess" <profitinafrica@gmail.com>]

Roy Innis on malaria (4)
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Dear Colleagues

Yesterday was July 4th, and I was invited to an Independence Day party. It is wonderful to be able to celebrate freedom. But at what cost?

At the end of the party I walked out with a well-educated New Yorker, who asked me what I was working on. I replied that I was helping to plan an integrated mosquito and malaria control (IMMC) program that would help address the malaria crisis in Africa. He was surprised .he was under the impression that malaria had been eradicated decades ago.

The level of understanding of the state of global socio-economics, the distribution of global wealth, and a host of other issues is a terrible problem. Misinformation ... partial information .... uninformed advocacy ... are widespread. It would be great if the power of modern technology, especially the Internet, could be used to help get public policy and relief and development sector practices so that we can get better results.

Using DDT responsibly in connection with interior residual spray (IRS) programs in Africa would save thousands and thousands of lives ... for sure. The risk of environmental contamination from this effort would be negligible ... and the danger to European consumers of roses and other horticultural products essentially zero. What is the official relief and development sector leadership doing, if anything, to ensure that the EU gets its DDT policies right, and furthermore, is pro-active to ensure that there are sanctions against corporations and groups that choose to put rose consumers ahead of the survival of African children?

Sincerely

Peter Burgess
Transparency and Accountability Network
Tr-Ac-Net Inc
+1-212 772 6918
mailto:peterbnyc@gmail.com