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13 Apr 2009 11:13 AEST

Henry Huang

From: Kenya

More foundations support FEMSE

It's an emergency to eradicate malaria.FEMSE is the only and best way to do this.But this project needs money to do it.So i suggest more foundations give money to support them.

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07 Apr 2009 14:54 AEST

Travis

From: Leeming

A world without scientific medicine

Given some of the remarks by alternative medicine buffs, I wonder how they think Africa can still have disease at all. After all, lacking a "western" medical system in many parts of the country "alternative" medicine is the only form of care available, and they have a hundred thousand years of ancient folk wisdom/superstition to draw on. Furthermore, they should be really healthy, wealthy and trouble-free given that "Big Pharma" and "The Multinational Corporations" have minimal presence there.

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03 Apr 2009 08:29 AEST

andrea

agree

this strategy is a good methed to treat malaria,and it should be approve by many countrys~~

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02 Apr 2009 15:31 AEST

Henk

hm and again

Bob, who do you think is going to make all that product. You dont set up a massive facility just to make one product line. It would then be done at a site where lots of other tablets and preparations are made. Who would that be? Who would regulate it? How would the regulations be enforced? What are the other preparations that are produced on the site? We have a TGA that is willing to expose themselves to massive criticism? What protection will the Artequick market have? AustL drugs in Africa?

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02 Apr 2009 15:31 AEST

Jim Gough

Malaria

How can I help fund the supply of this life saving tablet??????????????????????

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02 Apr 2009 14:12 AEST

Bob

If only

If only people could see that this how big pharma control the system making people believe they are doing it in our best intersts, and make it harder and more costly for anymone to intervien with their power, control nad above all THEIR PROFITS!

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02 Apr 2009 14:12 AEST

temp

mutation and process

Another point is that P falcipirum is a powerhouse of genetic changes- exactly why it has proved difficult to make a vaccine against. Given past mistakes with eradication it is quite prudent to be *very* cautious releasing this to the world. This may sound harsh, but rushing in to saving a few lives now for what might only be a couple of years of usefulness is by far not worth losing this great drug for eternity. *that* is what the Procedure is for. With Process only mistakes will be made

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02 Apr 2009 14:12 AEST

temp

mutation and process

Another point is that P falcipirum is a powerhouse of genetic changes- exactly why it has proved difficult to make a vaccine against. Given past mistakes with eradication it is quite prudent to be *very* cautious releasing this to the world. This may sound harsh, but rushing in to saving a few lives now for what might only be a couple of years of usefulness is by far not worth losing this great drug for eternity. *that* is what the Procedure is for. With Process only mistakes will be made

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