That he has asked me to share with you.
Dear Dr. Bialy,
It was when you officially confronted the representatives of the AIDS industry in South Africa that I started hearing about the controversy.
Since then I have exerted my utmost efforts to collect important information (via the trying dial up connection) from the Internet and disseminate what I know to my fellow citizens (Ethiopians). I have had some communications with Professor Duesberg, Christine Maggiore, Anthony Brink and David Crowe, and I have to thank them for their encouraging support. Crowe had also included my name in the list of rethinkers and at least a few Ethiopians are officially familiar with this business.
In addition to translating and distributing important materials, I frequently discuss the issues with my colleagues, who have come to realize the truth about HIV/AIDS, and more than 80% responded negatively to an HIV risk assessment conducted twice by a consultant that was hired by our employer; Concern Worldwide, an Irish based AIDS pro NGO that engages in PR efforts with the Guardian, a famous British broadsheet newspaper.
After realizing the discouraging results of the survey are likely to pose challenges to the efforts of establishment HIV/AIDS, management has decided to organize a debate on the issue. I forward (below) the e-mail that the HIV/AIDS Expert at the Head Office sent to her counterpart and my line manager that deals with this. The organization has planned to invite known AIDS experts to silence me.
Since the issue is taken seriously, I realized that the Country Director and her Assistant (both Irish) of Concern should attend the event. In addition, more than one hundred employees, officers and staff of the HIV/AIDS Project and representatives of partner organizations are invited to participate.
Although I don't know how the debate will take place and who the experts are, I am exerting efforts to get organized as much as I can. Regardless of my ignorance of the scientific and medical profession, I am preparing a speech and presentation, copying important documents such as key papers published in peer reviewed scientific journals and magazines, interviews, quotations, quotes and etc. both in hard and soft copies as much as my income permits doing so.
AIDS, health, population growth and related information on Africa, particularly Ethiopia are additional resources that I have planned to use. Examples of country specific data include the cumulated reported AIDS cases of 147,000 (since 1984 up to 2003) verses the current estimate of 1.5 million (which has declined from 3.2 million of four years back), the 45,595 people who started ARV since 2003 (where the government officially launched the programme) verses the 35,460 currently taking them (August 2006) so as to question the whereabouts of the more than 10,000 (22%) people who were exposed to the miracle drugs. All the data are from the Federal Ministry of Health and National HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office (HAPCO).
Luckily, since I am currently living in a place commonly referred to "the epicenter of AIDS" in Ethiopia (Kombolcha Town, South Wollo Zone in Amhara Region) because it is a gateway to the ports of Djibouti and Assab (that belong to Eritrea) and one of the industrial areas, the database that the local public authority (Kalu Woreda Health Office) maintained on the top killer diseases was crucial for me.
Regardless of the presence of more than six HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) Centers that are equipped with Rapid Tests and the reporting system of AIDS through a dedicated office called HIV/AIDS Secretariat, the list of the top killer diseases went as follows: Malaria, FUO (Fever of Unknown Origin), Gastritis, Skin Infection, Acute U.R.T.I. (Upper Respiratory Tract Infection), Other Helmintus, Pneumonia, UTI (Urinary Tract Infection), Amebiosis, Arthritis, Bacillary Dysentery, Physcrosis (mental problem), Otlits Media (ear disease), Accidental Injury, Eye disease called STI (Soft Issue Injury), Rheumatism (of bone), Bilharzias and Acute Bronchitis. It is frustrating to some that none of them is either caused by or associated with the mysterious virus or the new African plague.
In addition to the recommendations of the alternative theories to restore a compromised immune system, I have also planned to avail a sample and evidence of recovery gained in Zambia (Keneth Kaunda Foundation) through a nutritious porridge called E-Pap, that has been claimed as "a unique African solution to address the serious problem of micronutrient deficiencies" by its proponents. I hope you are familiar with this which is available at www.empowermentconcepts.com or www.empow.co.za. The rationale of supporting my case with the latter is as Concern (as a "world class" organization in CTC – Community Therapeutic Care), it might think of a paradigm shift and consider inculcating such micronutrients in its HIV/AIDS programmes.
All of my colleagues are surprised by the likely of this unbelievable debate, because they knew that the ex Country Director has given me a choice of either refraining from dissent or leaving the organization as such activity is contrary to Concern's policy and is unexpected of a person who holds a managerial position (I am the Programmes' Systems Manager and responsible for Human Resources, Logistics, Information Technology and etc functions).
I really must thank the new Country Director who is influential in Concern Worldwide. I really had expected her to have been influenced strongly by the aggressive propaganda campaign that Moore et al. have waged instead of engaging in a healthy and serious debate as recently offered by you for example.
However, I am ambivalent because regardless of the efforts I made, I am worried that the invited "experts" will deploy various strategies (such as medical jargon, medical and scientific documents that I couldn't substantiate or defend, humiliating approaches, etc) in their efforts to safeguard their vested interest. As I have no experience of engaging in a debate and prefer writing (in my own language) than speaking, I don't want to lose the battle for such silly reasons.
Since this is a golden opportunity to really expose the fraud that people like you have paid an enormous sacrifice in the past to expose, so I would like to get your support in successfully demonstrating the facts in Ethiopia - a country that harbors "the world's third largest number of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA)' and a total population of 77 million.
If you also feel any resources should back up my efforts (presentations, documents, or whatever that are not available on line), please send me at your earliest. Importantly, I would like to get a copy of your book and/or the CD, if possible.
Also, please bring the issue to the attention of anyone whom you believe could (or should) help me.
I have arranged to document (video) the entire event unless the opposition prevents it. If successful, I promise to send you a copy, whatever the result might be. I am also thinking of providing the same to all concerned parties, including the local media and politicians so as to further stir the pot.
Best wishes always,
Amhayes Tadesse
Kombolcha, Ethiopia
From: "Lemlem
Sinkineh"
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:55:27 +0300
Subject: Debate sesstion on HIV and AIDS
Dear
Endalamaw,
As part of Concern Ethiopia's internal mainstreaming
process of HIV/AIDS foundation for a sustainable workplace programme Concern
Ethiopia conducted HIV/AIDS susceptibility and vulnerability analysis to
support staff identify factors that put them at risk of HIV infection and as
well as assess their vulnerability as these relate to their duties at work and
personally through an internal mainstreaming analysis.
I would like to inform you that, One of
the major finding of risk perception analysis was there is denial of the
existence HIV/AIDS itself and there is also beliefs that HIV does not the cause
of AIDS.
To address such issues as recommend by the
consultant the HIV/AIDS department plan to organize a half day debate session
in wollo which all staff members of the program will be invited to attend the
session.
The major objective of this session is to
give clear and evidence based picture of HIV and AIDS to all our
staff members using renowned pathologist or bio-chemists and
medical doctor who are working and have a lot of experience on HIV and AIDS.
The session will be conducted with 4ps workshop in mid NOV, 2006.
If you have any quire please do not
hesitate to contact me.
Best regards,
***
Some of you might be able to guess how Dr. Bialy responded, and you can be sure we will continue to provide updates on this amazing event as we can. I have closed the comments to this post for the simplest of reasons. There is nothing to say. One can only, as Bialy wrote,"gasp in stunned admiration, and pinch oneself to be sure it isn't a dream".
[Because of the extraordinary nature of the piece above, Dear Dr. Culshaw does not appear this week, as we did not wish to dilute either by publishing both.]
Otis
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