http://disqus.com/people/ceab63c1c1573a1e53bc428210873ae3/enSat, 16 Aug 2008 10:41:32 -0000http://nmindependent.disqus.com/cradles_of_hope_with_love_to_africa/#comment-2352096I don't know why we are so insulated, but thanks for the crack in the shell to make us aware.<br><br>The good news is that since 1986, there are over 10,000 fewer of these empty cradles each day because of successful interventions like Oral Rehydration Therapy, imunizations, Vitamin A treatments, growth monitoring, and breastfeeding of infants -- plus anti-poverty strategies like education for girls and microcredit. We have to be aware, and we have to keep working for the proven strategies that really make a difference. More information on making it happen is available at <a href="http://www.results.org" rel="nofollow">www.results.org</a>.gracieaFri, 27 Jun 2008 12:25:31 -0000http://nmindependent.disqus.com/cradles_of_hope_with_love_to_africa_52/#comment-2501974I don't know why we are so insulated, but thanks for the crack in the shell to make us aware.<br><br>The good news is that since 1986, there are over 10,000 fewer of these empty cradles each day because of successful interventions like Oral Rehydration Therapy, imunizations, Vitamin A treatments, growth monitoring, and breastfeeding of infants -- plus anti-poverty strategies like education for girls and microcredit. We have to be aware, and we have to keep working for the proven strategies that really make a difference. More information on making it happen is available at <a href="http://www.results.org" rel="nofollow">www.results.org</a>.gracieaFri, 27 Jun 2008 12:25:31 -0000http://nmindependent.disqus.com/keeping_tabs_on_tb/#comment-2352445Great subject. This would be helpful in fighting a disease that has had very few technical breakthroughs in a century. The Archive would be useful in developing new vaccines and treatments, as well as keeping ahead of the curve as the TB bacterium mutates.<br><br>The difficulty in finding funding seems to be a classic case of not taking time to sharpen the saw, so to speak. The reference, of course, is to the old story about the woodsman who could not earn enough to feed his family because his saw was so old and dull that it took him three times as long as it should to cut a log. He didn't sharpen his saw because he felt he needed to be sawing all day to make more money. TB isn't waiting. It's creating new multi-drug resistant and extensively drug resistant strains every day - and we're falling behind every day that we don't actively pursue the new avenues that the Archive would make possible.gracieaSat, 16 Aug 2008 10:41:32 -0000http://nmindependent.disqus.com/keeping_tabs_on_tb_88/#comment-2502286Great subject. This would be helpful in fighting a disease that has had very few technical breakthroughs in a century. The Archive would be useful in developing new vaccines and treatments, as well as keeping ahead of the curve as the TB bacterium mutates.<br><br>The difficulty in finding funding seems to be a classic case of not taking time to sharpen the saw, so to speak. The reference, of course, is to the old story about the woodsman who could not earn enough to feed his family because his saw was so old and dull that it took him three times as long as it should to cut a log. He didn't sharpen his saw because he felt he needed to be sawing all day to make more money. TB isn't waiting. It's creating new multi-drug resistant and extensively drug resistant strains every day - and we're falling behind every day that we don't actively pursue the new avenues that the Archive would make possible.gracieaSat, 16 Aug 2008 10:41:32 -0000