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domenica, marzo 18, 2007
Il re taumaturgo. Una visione in sogno e il presidente del Gambia si trasforma nel guaritore dei malati di AIDS grazie a un cocktail di erbe miracoloso:
His concoction has stirred controversy and anger among health officials who say the president's claims will bring false hope to the nation's more than 20,000 HIV/AIDS patients. They are also afraid that it could cause patients to stop taking the anti-retroviral drugs that have been proven to prolong life and improve quality of living. One critic was Fadzai Gwaradzimba, the U.N. envoy to Gambia. She was abruptly kicked out of the country after saying on February 9 that patients should continue their normal treatment and that Jammeh's concoction be "assessed by an international team of experts." Jammeh, 41, is a former army colonel who has no formal medical training. He wears white robes and carries a copy of the Quran with him in this mostly Muslim nation. La falsa speranza, per il momento, sembra diffondersi tra la popolazione: At the hospital in the capital, patients claim the president's concoction is making a difference to them. Patient after patient gave similar statements to CNN. But it was difficult to verify the authenticity of their testimony. The government claims to have scientific evidence, but it did not provide any to CNN. E il governo ci ricama: Gambian Health Minister Tamsim Mbowe, a trained physician with multiple medical degrees, defended the so-called herbal cure. "I can swear, 100 percent, that this herbal medication His Excellency is using is working. It has the potency to treat and cure patients infected with the HIV-virus," he told CNN. Ovviamente saremmo felici di sbagliarci. Ma questo medioevo della scienza e della politica è da sempre la spada di Damocle sul futuro del continente dimenticato. |
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