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LACK OF RESOURCES NO! NO! NO! BASIC EDUCATION FOR ALL WOULD COST $6 BILLION A YEAR:

* $8 BILLION is spent annually for cosmetics in the United States alone. Installation of water and sanitation for all would cost $9 BILLION plus some annual costs: * $11 BILLION is spent annually on ice cream in Europe. Reproductive health services for all women would cost $12 BILLION a year: * $12 BILLION a year is spent on perfumes in Europe and the United States. Basic health care and nutrition would cost $13 BILLION: * $17 BILLION a year is spent on pet food in Europe and the United States; * $35 BILLION is spent on business entertainment in Japan; * $50 BILLION on cigarettes in Europe; * $105 BILLION on alcoholic drinks in Europe; * $400 BILLION on narcotic drugs around the world; and * $780 BILLION on the world’s militaries.

20% of the world’s people in industrialized countries account for 86% of total private consumption expenditures, while the poorest 20% account for 1.3% The overall consumption of the richest 20% of the world’s people is 16 times that of the poorest 20%. The share of the poorest 20% of the world’s people in global income is 1.1%, down from 1.4% in 1991. There are 16 cars per 1,000 people in developing countries and 405 cars per 1,000 people in industrialized countries.
On average, developing countries have one doctor for every 6,000 people whereas industrialized countries have one for every 350 people.

Sources: United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2000 (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000)

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BABY DIES AS DOCTOR PLAYS ONLINE
November 13 2009 at 07:20AM

Beijing - A five-month-old baby boy suffering from an eye infection died in hospital in eastern China as the attending doctor was playing a game online, state media reported on Friday, citing health officials.

The ophthalmologist has been stripped of his licence and fired from his post at Nanjing Children's Hospital following the baby's death on Wednesday, the China Daily reported.

The hospital initially said the doctor, Mao Xiaojun, was working on his thesis when the baby's condition worsened and he subsequently died, but an internal investigation revealed he was in fact playing an online game of Go.

"Mao lied to us a few days ago," Li Shandong, director of health care reform in the Jiangsu provincial health department, told the newspaper.

"He admitted to playing the game of Go online after our computer experts checked out evidence on his computer."

Eleven other hospital employees, including the facility's president and party chief, will be punished over the incident, Xinhua news agency reported, citing investigators, without specifying what the punishment would entail.

More than 10 000 lawsuits relating to medical disputes have been filed in Chinese courts every year since 2002, Xinhua reported. - Sapa-AFP

WOMAN CHOOSES BOOZE OVER BABY

A Khayelitsha, Cape Town, woman was arrested for child neglect after she allegedly left her baby with her elderly father while she went out drinking, Western Cape police said on Wednesday.

"Police found the one-year-old child playing outside in the cold weather. She was in a bad state of neglect and when brought to the station. Victim support volunteers found that she was extremely hungry," Constable Mthokozisi Gama said.

"After bathing her and seeing to her needs, police commenced with the search for her mother."

They found the 20-year-old woman in a local shebeen. She was arrested on charges of child neglect and child abuse. - Sapa

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At the height of his sporting prowess, David Isaacson could be seen every Saturday afternoon climbing the stairs to the upper gallery of Newlands. An all-round sportsman in his younger days - he was equally awful at cricket, soccer, athletics, swimming, table tennis, tennis, judo, cycling, hockey, basketball, volleyball and touch rugby - David quickly learnt that it was much easier (and far less painful) to be an armchair critic. As a journalist he has covered three Olympic Games, infuriated several sports administrators, reported on numerous other events and irritated Butana Komphela.

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SHINING A LIGHT ON ORTHOREXIA NERVOSA
By Fiona Macrae

An obsession with eating healthily could in fact be bad for your health, scientists warn.

Those who deny themselves entire food groups or worry too much about the "purity" of their meals are risking their mental and physical well-being.

Experts have reported a rise in such extreme behaviour, known as orthorexia nervosa.

Sufferers of orthorexia nervosa tend to be over 30, middle class and well educated.

While anorexia patients restrict the quantity of the food they eat, sufferers of orthorexia - named after the Greek for "right" or "true" - fixate on quality.

The "rules" vary from person to person, but the drive to eat only the healthiest foods can lead to sugar, salt, caffeine, alcohol, wheat, gluten, yeast, soya, corn and dairy foods being eliminated from the diet.

Foods tainted by pesticides or that contain artificial additives such as MSG are often also ditched. One orthorexic is reputed to eat only yellow foods. While such habits may seem quirky, they can have a serious effect on health.

Cutting out entire food groups can leave sufferers malnourished, while rigid rules can make eating out impossible, putting a huge strain on friendships and relationships.

Ursula Philpot, chairperson of the British Dietetic Association's mental health group, said: "I am seeing significantly more orthorexics than just a few years ago.

"Sufferers tend to spend hours reading the latest food research, trawling health food stores and planning menus.

"Add to this the expense of buying specialist products and it is easy to see why the disorder is most common in the middle classes."

Deanne Jade, founder of the National Centre for Eating Disorders, believes the rise of the condition is linked to society's tolerance of food fads and those who promote them, from gym instructors to naturopaths, who prescribe changes in diet to treat illnesses.

"It's everywhere, from people who think it's normal if their friends stop eating entire food groups, to the trainers in the gym who promote certain foods to enhance performance, to the proliferation of nutritionists, dieticians and naturopaths.

"This is all grist to the mill to those looking for proof to confirm or encourage their anxieties around food."

Mary George, of eating disorder charity Beat, said alarm bells should start ringing when a quirk or fad becomes "all-consuming".

She added: "In this day and age, there's so much more attention paid to healthy eating and what we put inside our bodies that it is possibly more likely that this situation may occur." - Daily Mail

o This article was originally published on page 8 of Cape Argus on August 18, 2009

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