Latest update: 05/06/2008 

Ethiopia faces a new famine
Comments (2)

Internaitonal community help

by Johanne (not verified) - 05/06/2008 - 10:32

How long will it take for the international community to react?
A full blown famine crisis worst than in 1984?
What happen to starving children receiving vaccinations if the vaccinations trigger a reaction, even a mild one like a temperature? Are their bodies able to cope if already very weakened? In Europe, kids don't get a jab if "suffering" from even a cold!

Famine in Ethiopia

by Bubbsie (not verified) - 05/06/2008 - 04:17

Can someone say for sure the current population of Ethiopia? I heard on a BBC item it is 77Million and has DOUBLED in the past 10 years. If that is true it is INCREDIBLE in a country that is mainly desert, has inadequate water and food supply for most of its people, who appear to be on the verge of starvation all the time. Are they truly breeding at this incredible rate in spite of all odds. Surely a programme of birth control would help stabilise the situation. to poor increasing amounts of money and aid into the situation while they continue to xpand the population out of all proportion to the resources available is just crazy... and irresponsible. Have I got this wrong? Wouls someone else like to comment.

Close