Malaria drugs a finance scheme

The charity Oxfam has cast doubt on an international method that aims to enhance the provision of the most successful treatment for malaria. Oxfam says there is no evidence the program has saved the lives of the most unprotected people. The body behind the AMFm says a self-governing study shows it has improved access and reduced drug prices.  The scheme was introduced three years ago by the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria. It acts as a global subsidy to provide greater access to combination therapy for malaria, particularly through private-sector drug retailers in rising countries. The idea is to diminish the use of older treatments that carry a higher risk of confrontation, and to untap the potential of the private sector in reaching remote communities. More than 200 million people contract malaria every year and 655,000 die from the disease - most of them are young kids. The method is being piloted in seven countries including Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria. Its future will be measured at a meeting of the Global Fund's board next month. Oxfam has criticized it as "risky and dangerous". The charity's senior health policy advisor, Dr Mohga Kamal Yanni, said: "It is dangerous to put the lives of sick children in the hands of a shopkeeper with no medical training, and to pursue a scheme that doesn't help those people who need it the most.”

 

Malaria is rapidly becoming a problem throughout the entire world. And the fact that there is a method occurring that the tests may be a “scam” is outrageous. This could affect the entire world population. It makes me wonder if this is a type of genocide, and that people want rid of others for some reason not known to me. But that is just my opinion. We discussed in class the other day that the world is being overpopulated and that there are more retired than there are working. This could oppose a problem if in fact the scheme is true. If the people in the work force are dying, then who will be able to support the retired citizens? It makes me think about what this world is coming to, and whether or not we should trust this occurrence.

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