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...solidarity. Epidemics are simply too slow. And localized catastrophes, such as the mudslides and floods in the U.S. last week or even the Iranian earthquake of 2003, are usually too parochial in their victimization to catch the attention of all humanity. It takes a multicontinental cataclysm--instantaneous, catastrophic, widely spread--to shake the world from its self-absorption. The tsunami that destroyed thousands of lives from Sumatra to Somalia engendered an instant, near-universal outpouring of concern, shared grief and charitable giving. Ronald Reagan once startled the U.N. by suggesting in a speech that humanity would unite and forget...
...million dead. - By William Boston Temporary Sanity SPAIN Spanish AIDS campaigners were surprised and delighted when Father Juan Antonio Martínez Camino, secretary-general of the Spanish Catholic Church's Episcopal Conference, appeared to reverse Church policy by approving the use of condoms to combat the spread of the disease. But less than 24 hours later - following reports that Camino had received a sharp rebuke from the Vatican - the Episcopal Conference issued a statement denying any change. Wave of Inaction FRANCE Schools and government offices across the country closed as teachers and civil servants went on strike, climaxing...
...person, and to create a passable sanitation system?building latrines away from refugee camps, and promoting proper hygiene among survivors?to prevent illnesses like cholera. The disease is transmitted through water contaminated with cholera-carrying human feces. If a refugee camp's water becomes tainted, the disease can spread geometrically, making it one of the great killers of disaster survivors. In the 1994 Rwanda refugee crisis, cholera took some 45,000 lives in less than three weeks. "Water sanitation is and remains priority number one," says Dr. Dana Van Alphen, the WHO's team leader in Banda Aceh. In Aceh...
...health agencies working in Aceh, asking them to report any cases they found of diseases that could turn into epidemics. The morning after the early warning system was set up, Waldman received a report of measles in a refugee camp near Banda Aceh. A highly contagious disease that can spread rapidly, measles was responsible for more than half of the deaths in the Sudan refugee crisis in 1985. Waldman's team confirmed the cases and had scores vaccinated before the end of the day. "We were on top of the trends occurring beneath the radar screen," he says. "The cooperation...
...spread of talents within any group, sex, race, etc, is very large compared to any small average differences that may exist between such groups...