World Diarrhea day?

Despite what many celebrities may say a reasonable case can be made that too much money is being wasted on the cause of AIDS. The Associated Press has an interesting article found here on this topic. The unfortunate part is millions of needless deaths occur because scarce resources are diverted from high impact causes towards the celebrity friendly AIDS issue. If celebrities really cared about doing the most good for the most people they would focus on causes such as diarrhea, pneumonia, and malaria. Unfortunately for the millions that die from these curable diseases they are not cool enough for celebrity endorsements.

"Diarrhea kills five times as many kids as AIDS," said John Oldfield, executive vice president of Water Advocates, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that promotes clean water and sanitation.

"Everybody talks about AIDS at cocktail parties," Oldfield said. "But nobody wants to hear about diarrhea," he said.

""The global HIV industry is too big and out of control. We have created a monster with too many vested interests and reputations at stake, ... too many relatively well paid HIV staff in affected countries, and too many rock stars with AIDS support as a fashion accessory" (Roger England)