Global Report – 12-December-2008
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Shortage of malaria Drugs
Kenya is in the red as new and highly effective malaria drugs have run out of stock in some parts of the country as a result of import delays, poor forecasting, misuse and inefficient accounting systems. Areas like Western Province have had to do without the drugs, while in Eastern, public hospitals have been sending malaria patients to buy the medicines from private pharmacies. The tender to supply AL generics was won by an Indian company, Ajanta Pharma, in May, with deliveries expected by September, but nothing has been delivered so far. Public Health and Sanitation director said while there were issues with the deliveries, shortages being faced in any part of the country were due to either, distribution, misuse or poor forecasting. The deliveries were expected to arrive in the country long before the October- December short rains, a season normally characterised by high malaria cases.
Drug Trafficking
Mexican narcotraffickers are gaining an increasing presence in Guatemalan territory. That was made clear Sunday, when at least 18 people were killed in a face-off between members of a local group and a Mexican cartel in a frontier zone between Mexico and Guatemala. It’s no secret to anybody that the institutions in Guatemala are weak, that they lack human and technical resources,. The Guatemalan government are studying the arrival of many Mexicans, specifically members of the Zeta group, who have wanted to come to take advantage of the Guatemalan territory. Without doubt, organized crime is taking advantage of these evident levels of vulnerability that the Guatemalan institutions present.
Eid amidst violence and inflation
The residents of Hangu celebrated the latest festival of Eid-ul-Adha like a normal day without much bustle that formally used to characterize the occasion. A large number of local residents have already left the town due to the sectarian and terrorist violence in the area and have settled permanently in the neighboring cities of Kohat and Peshawar. Owing to security concerns associated with travel between the cities these families no longer visit Hangu and other occasions. Mosques are also unsafe and people entering them are bothered by physical security search made by armed personnel who guard the entrance. The prices of livestock have also soared due to the recent surge in inflation and many people have given up on the tradition of slaughtering an animal per family. Sadly, Eid has lost its vibrancy for Hangu and many other war torn areas of the country.
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PlusGroup Says Abuses of Downed Cattle PersistGroup Says Abuses of Downed Cattle PersistThe Associated PressThe Humane Society has released new video showing alleged abuse of so-called downer cows in New Mexico. Warning, some viewers may find this video disturbing. (June 25)[Notes:please have a second person voice the warning] A warning: the following AP video features content that is graphic in nature.{pause}———-SOT: nats A dairy cow is repeatedly kicked in the head by a auction worker SOT; nats Another dragged by a chain. It’s video that’s perhaps made more disturbing when underscored by the conversation around it.SOT: you get a lot of dead ones, oh yeah. they come in dead — no they die here. In the wake of prominent cases already this year — Humane Society officials were hoping abuses like these would stop. But, the group says this latest tape from New Mexico proves, it hasn’t .. SOT: we had hoped the industry would have responded to the concerns raised, and taken care of the problem of downer animals. [Notes:video provided by the Humane Society]The video was shot by an undercover investigator at the Portales Livestock Auction . There, the group says these animals were tormented to get them into an auction ring. Some have broken bones, another a gouged out eye, others just too weak to stand. SOT: these repeated and systemic problems turn my stomach, and they should turn the stomach of every American. The owner of the Portales facility says there are strict policies in place to prevent abuse. The owner also says that he’s certain no downer cow went into a food supply. Humane society investigators have gone undercover at six locations to document alleged abuses. [Notes:file video] It was the slaughter of downed cows at the Hallmark -Westland plant in Chino, California that prompted a national meat recall and put that company out of business. SOT: all animals deserve humane treatment, include those raised for food. And these abuses in the United States must be stopped. The group is asking the Department of Agriculture for a series of strict new rules regarding downed cattle. ___ ___, The Associated Press.
http://www.disclose.tv/viewvideo/5321/ An animal advocacy group released undercover video footage Wednesday of sick or injured dairy cows that it contends were mistreated at an auction facility where cattle are sold for slaughter. Three cows too sick or weak to stand were sold at the Portales Livestock Auction in Portales, N.M., the Humane Society of the United States said. Such cows pose increased risk for mad cow disease, E. coli and other infections, partly because they typically wallow in feces and their immune systems often are weak. But the facility’s owner said he was certain that there was “no way” a so-called downer cow could have gotten into the food supply, and a top federal official agreed. More on the story below this video from The Associated Press, broadcast June 25, 2008. Warning: some viewers may find this video disturbing. In January, the Humane Society released undercover video from a California slaughterhouse that led to the nation’s largest beef recall. In May, the group released video of downed cows being… +++ Truth revealed by http://www.disclose.tv +++