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Re: [casi] Animated Windmills? What Next!



Dear A X 7 (+ "whatever you like") & List,

How do you know I've understood your message? In fact, I confess to having
forgotten to read the
attached instructions (maybe they were in Sanchas Panchos).

Greetings,  Bert.


>From: "AS-ILAS" <AS-ILAS@gmx.de>
>To: "Bert Gedin" <gedinbert@hotmail.com>,"casi"
><casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk>
>Subject: Re: [casi] Animated Windmills? What Next!
>Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 13:47:46 +0200
>
>Dear Bert,
>
>
>Well, it would be really interesting to know in what way you've understood
>my message.
>
>Could you give a hint?
>
>Best
>
>Andrew, André, Andrea, Andrej, Andreios, Andravus, András ... or whatever
>you like
>
>Andreas
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bert Gedin" <gedinbert@hotmail.com>
>To: <AS-ILAS@gmx.de>; <casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk>
>Cc: <nagy@gwu.edu>
>Sent: Freitag, 18. Juli 2003 12:04
>Subject: Re: [casi] Animated Windmills? What Next!
>
>
>
>Dear Andreas, Tom & All,
>
>Andrew has the impression of a lonely rider  against animated windmills.
>
>The hero of that story, riding his noble steed for chivalry & "the great
>knights of Spain", is in search of a greater cause. He is accompanied by
>trusty (if none too bright) servant/squire, Sancho Panchas (is he the one
>bearing aloft the flag?). - What better qualifications needed to join this
>List? CASI may be in a state of "disintegration", but, at least, it's in
>the
>business of fighting such "windmills" as very dodgy dossiers etc. Spain,
>arguably, became greater with the emergence of the player from La Mancha
>United.
>Our heroes, of Cervante's tale, were plagued by disasters, so no similarity
>there. More seriously, despite everything, there could be hope for CASI in
>it's "greater cause" of fighting for it's political & humanitarian
>objectives.
>
>Viva Espana!
>
>Bert G.
>
>
> >From: "AS-ILAS" <AS-ILAS@gmx.de>
> >To: "casi" <casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk>
> >CC: "nagy" <nagy@gwu.edu>
> >Subject: [casi] Iraq: Water-borne diseases increase with summer
> >temperatures
> >Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 08:16:08 +0200
> >
> >Dear all,
> >
> >
> >Maybe I haven't recognized the pattern yet, but there isn't really any
> >concerted and dedicated and (precisely) mapped out strategical CASI
>effort
> >to deal with that topic, is there ?
> >
> >I've got the impression Tom (Nagy) is rather a lonely rider against
> >windmills which appear to be more animated than many people/orgs in this
> >respect.
> >
> >Is that because CASI is in the state of "disbanding" or "disintegration"
>or
> >.... ?
> >
> >Please, correct me if I'm wrong.
> >
> >I would love to be wrong on this.
> >
> >Best
> >
> >Andreas
> >
> >--------------------
> >
> >"This is only the beginning of the summer of diarrhoea," Anne Morris,
>CARE
> >emergency response director in Iraq, said recently. "If proper
>monitoring,
> >testing and prevention mechanisms are not quickly put back in place, the
> >breeding ground will spill over the brim of the cup. The entire Iraqi
> >population is at risk of a public health crisis."
> >
> >-------------------
> >
> >
> >http://www.irinnews.org/
> >
> >17 Jul 2003
> >
> >
> >Iraq: Water-borne diseases increase with summer temperatures
> >
> >BAGHDAD, 17 Jul 2003 (IRIN) - The World Health Organisation (WHO), along
> >with NGOs in Iraq, told IRIN on Thursday that high summer temperatures,
> >sometimes touching 50 degrees Celsius, were contributing to ongoing
>health
> >problems throughout the country.
> >"In this particular season we are faced with increased incidence of
> >diarrhoea, including bloody diarrhoea and watery diarrhoea," Dr Faris
> >Bunni,
> >a WHO medical officer said.
> >
> >Although the searing heat is normal in most parts of Iraq at this time of
> >year, ongoing difficulties with electricty and clean water, as well as a
> >degraded health system, were all contributing to the increase in disease,
> >health experts said. Power supplies to major population centres remain
> >intermittent and raw sewage remains untreated in many cities.
> >
> >According to CARE International, the US-based charity, about two million
>mt
> >of raw sewage are dumped into Iraq's rivers every day, four times the
> >amount
> >before the war. In the southeastern city of Basra, it seeps from the
>canals
> >into the irrigation channels that are used for drinking and bathing. In
>the
> >capital, Baghdad, 300,000 mt escape into the Tigris daily. For many,
>there
> >is no other water source.
> >
> >The deteriorating situation is compounded by the lack of electricity and
> >cooking fuel which prevent Iraqis from boiling water and making it safe
>to
> >drink. Given the scorching temperatures, and the fact that 50 percent of
> >Iraq's population have no access to clean drinking water, aid agencies
>are
> >concerned. Inevitably, they say, it is the children who are most at risk
> >from disease and death through dehydration.
> >
> >"This is only the beginning of the summer of diarrhoea," Anne Morris,
>CARE
> >emergency response director in Iraq, said recently. "If proper
>monitoring,
> >testing and prevention mechanisms are not quickly put back in place, the
> >breeding ground will spill over the brim of the cup. The entire Iraqi
> >population is at risk of a public health crisis."
> >
> >Marilyn Hurrella, a medical officer with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF),
> >told IRIN from Basra that the number of diarrhoea cases there had been
> >rising along with the temperature. "People don't have clean water to
>drink.
> >They are drinking dirty water because they get very thirsty, then people
> >get
> >diarrhoea," she said.
> >
> >WHO is doing what it can to monitor the disease by setting up a
> >surveillance
> >system and supporting the activities of the Ministry of Health. "We are
> >doing early detection of this disease on a daily basis in Baghdad and on
>a
> >weekly basis in other governorates of Iraq," Bunni said.
> >
> >The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) is currently the leading UN agency for
> >water
> >and sanitation in Iraq. UNICEF information officer Geoffrey Keele told
>IRIN
> >that 7.5 million litres of clean water are being distributed every day in
> >Iraq.
> >
> >But with clean water still in short supply in many parts of Iraq, this
> >amount remains inadequate. "We are targeting to provide access to the
>most
> >vulnerable people in need. The water distribution system needs to be
> >repaired in order the meet the needs of 27.5 million Iraqis," Keele said.
> >
> >Seventy cholera cases have been reported in Basra, and one in Baghdad.
>This
> >is up from figures for May and June, although no deaths have been
>reported.
> >WHO reported diarrhoeal disease in the four main hospitals of Basra
> >amounting to a total of 1,549 cases of acute watery diarrhoea.
> >
> >[ENDS]
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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