Intellectual Conservative Politics and Philosophy » Fiona Kobusingye-Boynes

Africa’s Real Climate Crisis

Fiona Kobusingye-Boynes — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:45:58 +0000

Telling Africans they can't have electricity and economic development – except what can be produced with some wind turbines or little solar panels – is immoral.

Life in Africa is often nasty, impoverished and short. AIDS kills 2.2 million Africans every year, say WHO reports. Lung infections cause 1.4 million deaths, malaria 1 million more, intestinal [...]

Killing our babies

Fiona Kobusingye-Boynes — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:35:31 +0000

Anti-pesticide activists are perpetuating malaria and killing Africans.

Finally, the World Health Organization and Uganda’s Health Ministry are again emphasizing DDT and other insecticides to control a disease that kills 110,000 Ugandans every year.

But instead of applauding the decision, anti-pesticide activists are attacking it with scare stories and lies. Every day that [...]

Real Risks – and Irrelevant Risks

Fiona Kobusingye-Boynes — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:41:13 +0000

Responsible researchers, journalists and officials should focus on malaria – not insecticides.

Few parents want themselves or their children on drugs that cause anemia, nausea, diarrhea, increased infection risks, fertility problems, fetal defects and hair loss. But when those chemotherapy drugs prevent death from cancer, it’s an easy choice.

That’s the situation facing Africa – only for [...]

World Bank Incompetence and Malpractice

Fiona Kobusingye-Boynes — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:33:46 +0000

The bank should get out of malaria control – and do what it was created to do.

I have been struck down by malaria dozens of times. The vomiting, high fevers, dehydration, headaches, joint pain and disorientation were beyond belief.

If doctors hadn’t helped me even when I couldn’t pay, I would have been [...]