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| UK to increase population in Africa |
| 2010-09-21 |
| 500 million pounds that could have been spent on clearing toxic waste in Britain is instead being spent on increasing the population in Africa. More survivors of Malaria mean more hungry mouths to feed, greater pressure on food resources and future famine. All those babies that survive will then go on to have seven and eight babies of their own. A better idea would be to spend that money on making birth control freely available but what with the Pope's recent visit and everything, i guess that's off the table... UK to halve malaria deaths Britain will lead the fight against malaria, one of the world's biggest killers of children, the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, will tell the UN summit in New York tomorrow. He will pledge to halve deaths from the disease in 10 African countries. Clegg will announce an increase in UK funds for malaria from £150m a year to £500m by 2014 in his closing speech to world leaders discussing progress towards the millennium development goals. The UK government is pushing for greater efforts in two areas: the health of women and babies, which will be the subject of a strategy launched by the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, tomorrow, and malaria, which takes a big toll on both. "In Africa, a child dies from this disease -- this easily preventable disease -- every 45 seconds," Clegg will tell the summit. "So we will make more money available, and ensure that we get more for our money, with the aim of halving malaria deaths in 10 of the worst affected countries." One of the countries that will benefit from greater UK efforts to fight the disease is Zambia, where the government estimates 5,500 children a year would be saved by increasing access to malaria prevention, diagnostics and treatment. Another is Ghana, where the UK will supply 2.4m new bed nets, estimated to be enough to save 13,000 lives a year. I've been to Zambia. No point saving new hungry mouths to feed if you don't fix the total endemic societal corruption. Just asking for a famine in t-minus 10 years and counting |
| Posted by:anon1 |
| #1 This is ridiculous. Send birth control and condoms. |
| Posted by: Black Charlie Chinemble5313 2010-09-21 22:50 |