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I mean, the James Nesbitt you see when you watch TV. ;)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/7772488/James-Nesbitt-in-Guinea-for-Unicef.html

James Nesbitt in Guinea for Unicef
The solution to malaria couldn't be more simple; but, as James Nesbitt discovers, things are rarely simple in Africa.

It’s midday and, for a pale boy from Northern Ireland, almost unbearably hot. In front of me is a group of 80 African women, some heavily pregnant, others carrying young babies, strapped to their backs with a papoose.

We’re in the courtyard of a health centre in south Guinea and the women are queuing up to see a nurse and pick up a mosquito net.

Malaria is the biggest killer of children under five in Guinea and the nets form a vital defence. It’s quite simple, I’ve been told: children whose families have the nets normally survive, those who don’t get sick and die.

I watch as, one by one, the women file into a room, see the nurse, hand over their children for an examination and collect a net, folded up in a blue protective Unicef bag.

[they run out of nets]

I feel useless – a common reaction to events in Guinea – but I’m told there is nothing we can do. As we drive away I wonder: ‘What will happen to them? What will happen to their children?’

[lots more in the very interesting article]

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Good for him for doing this work and publicizing the need. Malaria and the inexpensive things that can be done to prevent it need to be as well-publicized and well-funded as Africa's HIV/AIDS problem.

And for alluding to Graham Greene novels. ;)

I guess everybody else would throw him out of bed. ;)

Maybe somebody will read his article about malaria prevention, though. It's worth it.

i like him in cold feet

Me too. I even liked him in Jekyll. ;)

Thanks Janey.

Last year Comic relief was focusing on the Malaria nets. It's tragic that children die just for the need of a Malaria net. The images we saw were heartbreaking.

Here's a video about the effects of Malaria.

It mentions Malaria kills a child in Africa every 30 seconds. That’s over one million lives lost every single year.

http://www.rednoseday.com/change_lives/issue_spotlights/malaria

And thanks SRS, just had a quick look so far.

It sounds crass to say it when talking about children's lives, but the economic costs of malaria to Africa are a tragedy in themselves. The costs of not preventing it, that is.


http://www.rollbackmalaria.org/cmc_upload/0/000/015/363/RBMInfosheet_10.htm

The direct costs of malaria include a combination of personal and public expenditures on both prevention and treatment of the disease. Personal expenditures include individual or family spending on insecticide treated mosquito nets (ITNs), doctors' fees, anti-malarial drugs, transport to health facilities, support for the patient and sometimes an accompanying family member during hospital stays. Public expenditures include spending by government on maintaining health facilities and health care infrastructure, publicly managed vector control, education and research. >>>> In some countries with a heavy malaria burden, the disease may account for as much as 40% of public health expenditure, 30-50% of inpatient admissions, and up to 50% of outpatient visits.

I love James Nesbitt - he has a wicked face. Everytime I watch him on a show I see Jekyll.

Sue xx

No, i agree it's an important factor Janey particularly when they say it's so cheap to prevent the disease in the first place.

The site also says that it hit the poor the hardest as Malaria makes them so sick that they cannot go to work.

So we can agree that James Nesbitt is a bad boy with a heart of gold. ;)

There is something about my OH that reminds me of James Nesbit . The dark " on the edge " look , tempered with quick intelligence .

Just for the want of a net. How sad.

Sue xx

Lucky Amanda. My No.1 reminds me of Gul Dukat. But then, I was always a sucker for Gul Dukat. ;)


It is, SueMaid. I may be off to the Unicef office a few blocks away later this week.

My thoughts also. Hopefully a donation can be directed to the purchase of nets.

Sue xx

LOL...Janey , Cardassians aren't my cup of tea : ))

Aha.


http://www.unfoundation.org/our-solutions/campaigns/nothing-but-nets/

LATEST NETS NEWS: The Nothing But Nets Buzz Tour is driving across the country to a city near you, leading up to World Cup, held in Africa for the first time this year. Check the schedule to see when Mozzie and the bus are in your neighborhood!



That's a US thing I think, the tour. But how interesting that it's been tied to the World Cup -- and how unfortunate that hasn't got more publicity. I guess maybe it is in the US though. Ted Turner (lately Jane Fonda's husband, media mogul) is on board, along with the NBA (basketball) and a major church.

But Amanda ... Cardassians are nothing if not dark and on the edge. ;)

Forgive my ignorance - who or what is a Cardassian.

Sue xx

Oh I see......it's a StarTrek thing:-))

Oh, there's always one. ;)

http://voguerepublic.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/guldukat01.jpg

http://www.handofkahless.com/HandofKahless/StarTrekCelebrityImageGallery/Dukat.jpg

No.1 doesn't really look a lot like him, w/ or w/o makeup ... well, actually, that's not true, looking at that second pic, he really does, just different colouring ... and much younger looking. ;)

I've just had a look, Janey. Tell me is your fella No.1 as opposed to No.2, No.3 etc?

Sue xx

Gul might well be " dark and on the edge " ....but his neck is far to long for my liking ..............lol

~~~ to SueMaid : ))