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Imperialism and the Ebola catastrophe - World Socialist Web Site
▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/09/26/pers-s26.html

Imperialism and the Ebola catastrophe
26 September 2014

“The present [Ebola] epidemic is exceptionally large, not primarily because of biologic characteristics of the virus, but in part because of the attributes of the affected populations, the condition of the health systems, and because control efforts have been insufficient to halt the spread of infection.”
—Dr. Christopher Dye, director of strategy, World Health Organization

In the understated words of a health professional, this is a diagnosis, not just of the Ebola catastrophe, but of the failure of capitalism as a world system. Thousands have died and millions are at risk because the social conditions in the affected countries, long oppressed and exploited by the imperialist powers, have made adequate treatment of the outbreak impossible.

#ebola #impérialisme

Russia’s drug-resistant TB spreading more easily : Nature News & Comment
▻http://www.nature.com/news/russia-s-drug-resistant-tb-spreading-more-easily-1.14589

“Although we know the general story of TB drug resistance in Russia, these new findings are still shocking,” says Christopher Dye, an epidemiologist at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. “Truly scary,” he adds. (...)

But even if biology is a major driver of Russia’s drug-resistant TB epidemic, public-health officials can still beat it back, says Dye. “My bet is that, if the local control programme correctly identifies strains carried by each patient, and treats them with the most effective drug regimens, then the number of resistant cases will fall,”

#russie #tuberculose #xdrtb