On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 15:54:31 GMT paul t mendy
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>
> There was sometimes I heard that some African hebalists claimed to have
> aknowledge of curing HIV/AIDS;but nothing is heard about them now. Why? Is
> it that it has been proven that these personalities are incapable of doing
> what they claimed or they are sidelined because they do not meet the
> conventional medical set requirements? I think it is important for us to
> encourage collaboration with our traditional(African) physicians in search
> for the cure for dreadful monster before it devours us all. Inasmuch as we
> intensify the awareness of the disease through information communication and
> education(ICE) we should also join the bandwagon in search for a cure. I may
> be wrong, I have never heard any African institution or foundation so much
> vigarously investing resources in search of drug for AIDS.
>

Thanks Mr. Mendy,

Africa is full of potential and I think we should use it to
the full especially in tackling this urgent problem of
AIDS.  However, the many claims by traditional healers that
they have a cure for AIDS have not been substantiated from
Zimbabwe to the Gambia.  One can only hope that they can
substantiate their claims.  The Scientific search for a
cure is an expensive business which needs a huge amount of
money and collaborative work.  There are institution in
Africa pursuing this- MRC in the Gambia, the National
research institute in Kenya, etc.

MMC

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