some people believe they found CURE for AIDS. read this and decide wether they are telling the truth!!

In Gambia, AIDS cure or false hope?
POSTED: 0516 GMT (1316 HKT), March 17, 2007
Story Highlights• Gambian president says he has discovered a cure for AIDS
• Health officials believe he is bringing false hope to those suffering
• President has no medical degree, says treatment came to him in a dream
• Global health officials want to conduct scientific tests on the herbal concoction

By Jeff Koinange
CNN

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BANJUL, Gambia (CNN) -- At the only hospital in the capital of this tiny West African nation, a 3-year-old AIDS patient named Suleiman receives his daily dose of medication -- a murky brown concoction of seven herbs and spices served out of a bottle that once contained pancake syrup.

The boy is told a spoonful a day will make him better. His mother, Fatuma, takes the same concoction, as do several dozen other AIDS and HIV patients here. Adults take two spoonfuls.

"It's amazing," Fatuma says. "Two weeks ago, I was very ill, weak and couldn't eat without vomiting."

This has become the treatment for HIV/AIDS patients here since early January, when Gambian President Yahya Jammeh announced he had discovered a cure for the disease that has wreaked havoc across Africa. He made that announcement in front of a group of foreign diplomats, telling them the treatment was revealed to him by his ancestors in a dream.

His concoction has stirred controversy and anger among health officials who say the president's claims will bring false hope to the nation's more than 20,000 HIV/AIDS patients. They are also afraid that it could cause patients to stop taking the anti-retroviral drugs that have been proven to prolong life and improve quality of living.

One critic was Fadzai Gwaradzimba, the U.N. envoy to Gambia. She was abruptly kicked out of the country after saying on February 9 that patients should continue their normal treatment and that Jammeh's concoction be "assessed by an international team of experts."

"The U.N. system encourages all patients currently receiving anti-retroviral treatment to continue to comply with their recommended treatment regimens while the efficacy of the new treatment is being assessed," she said. (Read full statement)

The U.N. Development Program stands by the envoy's remarks. The World Health Organization has also been critical of Jammeh's treatment.

No formal medical training
Jammeh, 41, is a former army colonel who has no formal medical training. He wears white robes and carries a copy of the Quran with him in this mostly Muslim nation.

His degree is a high school diploma. But he claims his family has a history of healing people through traditional African medicine.

At the hospital in the capital, patients claim the president's concoction is making a difference to them.

Ousman Sow, 54, said he's been HIV-positive since 1996 and had been taking anti-retrovirals for the past fours years until he volunteered for this program.

Four weeks later, he said he's gained 30 pounds and feels like a new person.

"I am cured at this moment," he said.

Asked if he had any HIV symptoms, he responded, "No, I don't. As I stand before you I can honestly tell you I have ceased to have any HIV symptoms."

Patient after patient gave similar statements to CNN. But it was difficult to verify the authenticity of their testimony. The government claims to have scientific evidence, but it did not provide any to CNN.

Jammeh refused to speak to CNN for this report.

CNN also sought medical reports of the HIV/AIDS patients to see whether they are indeed on the mend. The material was not provided. The government would also not release the concoction to CNN for testing.

Gambian Health Minister Tamsim Mbowe, a trained physician with multiple medical degrees, defended the so-called herbal cure.

"I can swear, 100 percent, that this herbal medication His Excellency is using is working. It has the potency to treat and cure patients infected with the HIV-virus," he told CNN.

What does he have to say to skeptics?

"I will tell them, as a Western medical trained doctor with 13 years experience meeting different professors, meeting different colleagues of mine, I've seen His Excellency, my leader, coming up with herbal medications that are able to treat and cure patients with HIV-virus, which have been proven within all medical and laboratory parameters."

Health officials worldwide remain doubtful of these claims. Experts also say it's in places like Gambia that the poor and desperate will latch onto anything resembling hope.

"For a country's leader to come up with such an outlandish conclusion is not only irresponsible, but also very dangerous, and he should be reprimanded and stopped from proclaiming such nonsense," said Professor Jerry Coovadia of the University of Kwa Zulu Natal in South Africa.

what i learned this weekend

this weekend i learned that a person should not sacrifice everything they have for someone.this lesson i learned the hard because i'am a giver, if i have a dollar even thought i need it,would give to someone because i believe they needed for than me. i' am always there for my family and freinds. i support them,respect them, i have been there for one person for this past two years. if the person is sad, i'am sad, if the person is crying i'am crying, if the person is happy, i'am happy.the way i was there for this person i never there for anyone else before. if the person is hungry i will would starve myself and give my last cash in my hands so the person can get fed.if you say that i have care and love this person more than myself, i would say "you are right" but this weekend, that person failed when it came for looking out for me. i feel like this is something i can't seem to let go, because of this person i have become selfish. start caring for me ONLY!!

this video is for nosy pleople who should try to mind their own business!!! lol

JOKES!!!!

Once there was a sperm named Bob. When all the other sperm were just swimming around, Bob was doing sprints and lifting weights all the other sperms asked him one day, "Why don't you just swim around like us?"
Bob replied, with a smirk, "well, when the time comes, I'm gonna be the first one there".
The others told him it was just destiny, but he said it wasn't. So, the day finally came when they were called upon. They were swimming along when Bob pulled ahead of the rest. Suddenly he stopped and turned around and headed back.
The others asked him why he turned around and he said, "back up boys it's a BLOW JOB!"


One day, during a lesson on proper grammar, the teacher asked for a show of hands for who could use the word 'beautiful' in the same sentence twice.
First, she called on little Suzie, who responded with, "My father bought my mother a beautiful dress and she looked beautiful in it."
"Very good, Suzie," replied the teacher. She then called on little Michael.
"My mommy planned a beautiful banquet and it turned out beautifully," he said.
"Excellent, Michael!" Then, the teacher called on Little Johnny.
"Last night, at the dinner table, my sister told my father that she was pregnant, and he said, 'Beautiful, just fucking beautiful!'"



There are three kinds of sex:
1: House Sex: When you and your wife are newlyweds and you have sex all over the house.
2:Hall Sex: When you have been married for many years and when you see your wife in the hall, you both say fuck you
3:Court Sex: When you and your wife have been married for many many years and your wife and her lawyer fuck you in front of many people for every penny you go
WEll thats all i have for now .ENJOY!!!!!

RIDDLES!!!!!!!

Why did the turkey cross the road?

THE OPTICAL ILLUSION

CHECK THIS OUT GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOW MANY FACES DO YOU SEE?

different kind of music

alot of people listen to hip hop , pop. i realized that a lot of people are not diverse when it comes to music. well this is african music coming straight from ivory coast. listen tell me what u think
k about it

off topic in class

i am suppose to write a short story about a car crash or any information that i received in this class. i don't know why or what is the point of this lecture, but ehh i am totally lost about it. i am here writing gibberish about stupid stuff .i am just sitting here thinking about my presentation and how well i will present in class. i just hope it attracted my classmate. OH GOSH, i' am so off topic... honestly i am just tired.

my favorite thing is the house

when i am home, my favorite thing that i love the most is my T.V. the best part of my day is when i am done wit school. i come home watch TV all day until i get tired. when i get mad i watch TV to make me feel better. basically i rely on TV a lot.so in my house, my brother and sister know not to ever touch my TV when i am not home.funny thing is my dad complain a lot about me watching so much. so one day he took my TV away and i didn't eat for 5 days when he realized that TV is something i enjoy he give it back to me.lol its sad but what can i say. i love me some TV.lmao

funny hair day.

watching my friend Jennifer get ready for the rain was the funniest part of my day. she mumbo jumbo her hair around so it wont get wet. UGH it sad because i could careless about getting wet. running in the rain wit her hoodie so tie up on her head. when her class is done, she runs back here to flat iron her again, then run to class, come back again flat iron her so it can be straight.all i keep asking her is whats the point of flat iron, i guess she like her hair straight. but i think i feel her pain because let me tell you when her is wet. she look like Whitney Houston on crack and i think she is afraid of people seeing her like that.lol. P.S i luv u jenny

TRYING TO UNDERSTAND RELATIONSHIPS

i want to know every opinion about RELATIONSHIP.
WHEN YOU HEAR RELATIONSHIP. WHAT COMES TO YOUR MIND?GOOD OR BAD LAY IT ONTHIS PAGE.

THE CRITICS OF SUPERHERO

The critics of superhero
A dialogue from kill bill: volume 2
I find the whole mythology of superhero fascinating. Take my favorite super hero “superman”, not a great comic book, not particularly well drawing.hmm, mythology, mythology is not only great, it’s unique. A staple of mythology are there is the superhero and there is the alter ego. Batman is actually Bruce Wayne; spider man is actually peter parker. When that character woke up in the morning he is peter parker, he has to put on a costume to become spider man and isn’t that characteristic! superman stands alone. Superman didn’t become superman, superman was born superman. When superman woke up in the morning he is superman. His alter ego is Clark Kent. His outfit with the big red S, that’s blanket he was wrap in when he was a baby when the Kent found him, those are his clothes. What Kent wears the glasses, the business suit that’s the costume; that’s the costume superman wears to blend in with us. Clark Kent is how superman view us and what are the characteristic of Clark Kent, he is weak, he is unsure of himself, he is a coward. Clark Kent is superman critics on the whole human race.
What do you think of this dialogue? Is it true or false? Your opinion

I found this dialogue very interesting. I guess I never look at the image of superman that way, I thought Clark Kent has a put a big S costume to be superman. This make more sense because he was born superman so for superman to blend with us he pretend to be Clark Kent.

this video remind me of james video we saw in class

invisible rope