ApocaDocs: Uganda: 'Hiv/Aids is Nothing Compared to Plague'

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Posted Sat Dec 8 2007: from AllHands.com:


	Uganda: 'Hiv/Aids is Nothing Compared to Plague' http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1197126701 "This hut had to be at a good distance of not less than 200 metres. Relatives would bring food and pour it on a banana leaf about 100 metres from the 'condemned' patient, who would then pick it or eat it from there. This was meant to cut out any direct contact with healthy people. Often, these patients would die at night and would be buried just next to the hut by only family members. Neighbours would shun such homes for a long time. Just like happens when a disease breaks out and is yet to be identified, rumours of witchcraft abounded as regards plague. But it was the colonial government which brought an end to the pandemic when it exploited cultural beliefs to wipe out plague. The cure, the government said, lay in the tail of an undesirable rodent that is a menace in our homes - the rat. And it was real."

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