Perhaps they will get tired, but a cure is a cure no matter how.
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> Date: 2007/02/21 on PM 09:03:07 CET
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> From: Anthony Loum  <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Gambian leader's herbal AIDS 'cure'  raises alarms
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> The story is contained in the following link:
> _http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/304497_gambiaaids21.html_ 
> (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/304497_gambiaaids21.html) 
> Thanks
> Anthony  Webster Loum
> 
> Wednesday, February 21, 2007
> Gambian leader's herbal AIDS  'cure' raises alarms
> By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
> ASSOCIATED PRESS
> BANJUL,  Gambia -- From the pockets of his billowing white robe, Gambia's 
> president pulls  out a plastic container, closes his eyes in prayer and rubs a 
> green herbal paste  onto the rib cage of the patient -- a concoction he claims 
> is a cure for AIDS.  He then tells the man to swallow a bitter yellow drink, 
> followed by two  bananas.
> "Whatever you do, there are bound to be skeptics, but I can tell you  my 
> method is foolproof," President Yahya Jammeh told a reporter. "Mine is not an  
> argument, mine is a proof. It's a declaration. I can cure AIDS and I  will."
> In a continent suffering from the world's worst AIDS epidemic,  Jammeh's 
> claims of a miracle cure are alarming public health workers already  struggling 
> against faith-healers dispensing herbal remedies.
> The biggest  concern is that the Gambian leader requires patients to cease 
> their  anti-retroviral drugs, which risks making them even more prone to 
> infection,  said Dr. Antonio Filipe Jr., head of the World Health Organization in  
> Senegal.
> Since January, when he announced his cure to a gathering of foreign  
> diplomats, Jammeh has thrown the bureaucratic machinery of this small West  African 
> country behind the claim. The last six news releases on Gambia's  official Web 
> site are dedicated to the president's treatment, available to  Gambians free of 
> charge. Regular radio and TV addresses publicize it and the  Health Ministry 
> has issued a declaration of support.
> Although the HIV rate is  relatively low in Gambia compared with other 
> African nations, the president's  claim has left international health organizations 
> in a bind. Filipe was  diplomatic, saying WHO respects the president's point 
> of view. But, he added:  "As the World Health Organization, we would like to 
> state quite clearly the  following -- No. 1: so far there is no cure for AIDS."
> Jammeh, 41, says his  treatment cannot be mixed with other drugs because "I 
> don't want any  complications."
> Jammeh has sent blood samples of the first nine patients to a  lab in Senegal 
> for testing. A letter on the lab's stationery indicates of the  nine, four 
> had undetectable viral loads, one had a moderate load and three had  high loads, 
> a result posted on the government's Web site as proof of a  cure.
> However, the lab technician who performed the tests warned they are not  
> conclusive since the blood samples were only taken after the  treatment.
> Waiting for treatment at the presidential compound last week,  Jammeh's 
> patients said they don't need lab results to tell them they feel  better.
> "It feels as if the president took the pain out of my body," said  Ousman 
> Sowe, 54, who has been under Jammeh's care for nearly a month.  
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