Why Is It Easy to Get a Coca Cola, But Hard to Get Medical Care in Zambia?
I was working in a remote part of Zambia and I could always get a Coca-Cola but, at the same time, 1 in 5 children didn’t make it to their fifth birthday because there weren’t medicines for them. After respiratory disease, the second biggest killer was dehydration — from diarrhea — which can be stopped with oral rehydration salts (ORS) and zinc. Both are very stable at normal temperatures, as is Coca-Cola, so in principle they can go through the same supply chain. (More)
Maybe they should put medicine in the Coke like in the old days!
can’t waste good coke on that!
Glad you guys find some fun in this very sad topic.
^buzz kill.
Very sad that necessities cant be given to those in need.
It is sad and pathetic, but this has been the case throughout history. Not sure what it will take for humans to evolve as a more humane species or whether that’ll ever be possible.
True. The fact that people suffer that don’t have the ability to improve their condition due to people’s nature to control and dominate others is true and saddening.
My first thought was “Capitalism!”
How about just human nature? There have always been marginalized societies and cultures in the world while others lived in abundance. Not much has changed today.
Exactly. That is what this entrepreneur is doing
“Our kits don’t cost a lot of money: about 60 pence, or the price of five bananas. People can find the odd bit of cash if they need it”