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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