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Conference participants learn
about world health problems
By Holly Beeson
REPORTER
In observance of World Health
Day Friday, Texas A&M faculty
members with international experi
ence discussed topics such as immu
nization for childhood diseases, ref
ugee problems and parasitic diseases
ataconference on campus.
World Health Day is an interna
tional observance of global health is
sues that is recognized each year on
April 7 in 166 countries, including
the United States. It brings national
and international attention to the
importance of disease prevention
and healthy living practices.
Dr. Barbara Doughty, associate
professor of microbiology and para-
tology at A&M, said the lack of im
munization for childhood diseases is
grave problem.
Of the 360,000 children born
each day, 25,500 won’t live to their
first birthdays, she said. Ninety-
seven percent of these deaths occur
in developing countries stricken with
poverty and disease.
Infant and child mortality rates
dropped between 1950 and 1980,
Doughty said, but began rising two
years ago because of a decrease in
health and education budgets.
A goal set by the World Health
Organization to immunize every
child by 1990 won’t be reached be
cause of an ineffective delivery sys
tem, she said.
Problems such as the global reces
sion, uncommitted leaders and
drought have prevented immuniza
tions from being offered to all chil
dren, she said.
The worldwide refugee problem
was another topic of the conference.
The United States ranks fourth in
the number of refugees under the
United Nations definition of a refu
gee: a person fleeing his country be
cause of a well-founded fear of per
secution because of race, religion,
nationality, social affiliation or politi
cal reasons.
Pakistan and Iran have the high
est numbers of refugees.
Of the one million refugees in the
United States, 67 percent are from
Southeast Asia and 10 percent are
from Eastern Europe. These figures
don’t include most undocumented
workers from Central America.
“The goal of refugee aid in any
country is for that refugee to obtain
self-sufficiency,” Barbara Reilley, a
lecturer of health education at
A&M, said.
Parasitic diseases, once a serious
problem here in the Brazos Valley,
are still a potential threat, Dr.
Thomas Craig, professor of micro
biology and parasitology at A&M,
said.
One hundred years ago in Bryan-
College Station, 40 percent to 50
percent of the residents had hook
worms, bloodsucking parasites that
attach to the intestinal lining, Craig
said. Pinworms, another type of in
testinal worms, had invaded 80 per
cent to 90 percent of the commu
nity’s population, he said. He said
malaria was an epidemic in the Bra
zos Valley until World War II.
“Things could get that way again
easily if we allow such things as in
frastructure and water supply to dis
appear,” he said.
It’s estimated that one billion peo
ple in the world have intestinal
worms, and 900 million have whip
worms, Craig said.
An easily preventable parasite is
the tapeworm. People get tape
worms by ingesting pork or beef that
is not fully cooked.
“Our concern with parasites is
who’s got them, how many do they
have and are they able to cope with
the condition,” Craig said.
Many vaccines have been success
ful in controlling some diseases.
“The eradication of smallpox is a
major change in a disease predicted
to kill half of all children before
their fifth birthdays,” Craig said.
DALLAS (AP) — An investigation
into a bank robbery an AIDS activist
is accused of committing is stalled
because of health concerns, but the
defendant says the standstill is keep
ing him from clearing his name.
Mike Richards, a nationally
known activist and co-founder of the
Dallas AIDS Resource Center, is ac
cused of committing the robbery in
Grand Prairie.
He was arrested February 15 out
side his Hawaii apartment in connec
tion with the robbery.
The Tarrant County district attor
ney’s office, which would present the
case to a grand jury, says it will not
proceed with investigations because
of concern for Richards’ health, the
Dallas Morning News reported in its
Sunday editions. Richards suffers
from an advanced stage of AIDS.
Extradition proceedings were ter
minated on Feb. 21 because Rich
ards was hospitalized and his doctor
said the trip to Dallas would shorten
his life.
Grand Prairie police say they
haven’t been involved in the case
since Feb. 17.
“Everything seems to be on the
back burner,” Richards said. “Every
time I think about it I get so mad I
can’t see straight. I have never been
in trouble in my life and I certainly
shouldn’t be in trouble now. I feel
my reputation has been basically ru
ined.”
Based primarily on his strong re
semblance to the videotaped bank
robber, Richards, 42, was charged
with stealing about $6,000 from
Texas American Bank in Grand
Prairie on Jan. 20, 1988, five weeks
after he had moved to Hawaii with
his parents, who are in their 80s.
His dose friends and colleagues
have been critical of the police inves
tigation leading to Richards’ arrest,
which they say offered no physical
proof of his involvement in the
crime. They say they worry that the
stress is likely to adversely affect his
already crippled health.
“This justice in limbo is killing
him,” said William Waybourn, presi
dent of the Dallas Gay Alliance,
which operated the AIDS Resource
Center. “We have begged the inves
tigators to prosecute him or set him
free. We think they’re waiting until
he dies so they can quietly drop the
Budget writers
allocate funds
to TCC members
AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas Con
servation Corps, a work-study pro
gram for young adults 18 to 21, was
closed in February 1988 amid allega
tions of mismanagement, and its 115
members were left without answers
or paychecks.
But last week, legislative budget
writers, saying the state had a moral
obligation, agreed to appropriate
$150,000 for the members and the
non-executive members of the pro
gram.
“I feel pretty good about it,” Betty
Kell, a corps counselor, told the Fort
Worth Star-Telegram. “Of course,
I’ll feel better when I get the check
in my hand.”
Federal investigators say criminal
charges could still be brought
against some executives, but no ac
tions have been taken even though
an investigation was finished almost
a year ago.
Camp Counselor Interviews
Camp Champions, a private summer camp for boys and girls
will interview prospective counselors at
T.A.M.U. on April 13th
Champions is located on beautiful Lake Lyndon B. Johnson in the Texas Hill Country. We feature swim
ming, sailing, skiing, horseback, football, baseball, soccer, tennis, basketball and many other fun ac
tivities. We are looking for college students who enjoy working with children (ages 7-15) and the out
of doors. Being a summer camp counselor is one of the greatest experiences you can have. Our facili
ties are excellent as are the working conditions and salaries. If this sounds like what you are looking
for this summer, please contact the Placement Center for an interview time.
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•Drug Abuse Prevention
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