Comments on: One Net One Pill One Life http://globalhealthideas.org/2008/04/one-net-one-pill-one-life/ Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:11:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Friday Blog Roundup « The Pump Handle http://globalhealthideas.org/2008/04/one-net-one-pill-one-life/comment-page-1/#comment-468 Friday Blog Roundup « The Pump Handle Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:07:45 +0000 http://thdblog.wordpress.com/?p=525#comment-468 [...] Aman at Technology, Health & Development tells us how American Idol is raising millions to fight malaria. [...] [...] Aman at Technology, Health & Development tells us how American Idol is raising millions to fight malaria. [...]

]]> By: Aman http://globalhealthideas.org/2008/04/one-net-one-pill-one-life/comment-page-1/#comment-467 Aman Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:03:11 +0000 http://thdblog.wordpress.com/?p=525#comment-467 Rob - I agree with you, this is certainly is not a clear cut issue. I have seen other criticisms as well, particularly that if EM has been in Africa for over 100 years perhaps the amount of money pledged to the community is not enough. But what is enough, how do we measure this, who decides and who has the right to decide? This is something I have to think about as I don't have any good comments off hand, but thank you for providing some balance. Rob – I agree with you, this is certainly is not a clear cut issue. I have seen other criticisms as well, particularly that if EM has been in Africa for over 100 years perhaps the amount of money pledged to the community is not enough. But what is enough, how do we measure this, who decides and who has the right to decide? This is something I have to think about as I don’t have any good comments off hand, but thank you for providing some balance.

]]> By: Rob http://globalhealthideas.org/2008/04/one-net-one-pill-one-life/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Rob Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:17:21 +0000 http://thdblog.wordpress.com/?p=525#comment-466 Thanks Aman, for this excellent wrap up. I thought the call was very useful as well, and will be writing about it as part of my coverage of World Malaria Day (April 25). It is always good to see money going to a once-anonymous cause (malaria) but there is a healthy level of skepticism that we all must maintain. For example, Exxon-Mobil operates in Equatorial Guinea, widely considered one of the most corrupt and oppressive regimes in all of Africa. The real question here is this: how does Exxon fund anti-malarial campaigns in Equatorial Guinea? If it is by supporting government programs, that's probably not a good thing. If it's by supporting international or local NGOs, that's better, but how many NGOs operate openly in one of the <a href="http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2007" rel="nofollow">most corrupt countries in Africa</a>? I will address this more in my posts later this month, but I wanted to be sure to bring it up before the dust had settled from last night's American Idol. Thanks Aman, for this excellent wrap up. I thought the call was very useful as well, and will be writing about it as part of my coverage of World Malaria Day (April 25). It is always good to see money going to a once-anonymous cause (malaria) but there is a healthy level of skepticism that we all must maintain. For example, Exxon-Mobil operates in Equatorial Guinea, widely considered one of the most corrupt and oppressive regimes in all of Africa. The real question here is this: how does Exxon fund anti-malarial campaigns in Equatorial Guinea? If it is by supporting government programs, that’s probably not a good thing. If it’s by supporting international or local NGOs, that’s better, but how many NGOs operate openly in one of the most corrupt countries in Africa?

I will address this more in my posts later this month, but I wanted to be sure to bring it up before the dust had settled from last night’s American Idol.

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