17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Famine and inadequate nourishment does weaken the stamina and survivability of individuals in the Third World, but the main problem is non-access to (what we consider to be) simple, basic medical modalities. Untold numbers of African babies die of not-very-virulent diseases, because they becomes fatally dehydrated. In the West, these babies revieve IV fluids which carries them over the critical period. In a village that is three days walk to a bus which takes 16 hours to get to a clinic that has IV needles and sterile fluids, the baby WILL die.