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loveth360:Fool how can my mother be feeding me,a grandmother for that matter.not everyone online is below 30 years old .Run along little ashewo girl.Anakuna,dont delay your customer. |
seekier:Women are control freaks by nature because they nurture both male and female to maturity that is why women are best in raising a child. |
AuntRose:What is wrong in Umahi collecting money for ranching?if Igbos are truly industrious you guys should flood the ranches with your cows to outnumber fulani cows. Fulanis dont have monopoly to cow rearing.Nigeria is overdue for ranching,we need to utilize the diary industry to its full potential. |
loveth360:My mother doesnt live in Nigeria.Your mother and grandma lives in a brothel where you were raised. |
bomb24:Bad genetics to be replaced by criminal genetics Like drug dealer DNA,Baby factory/trafficking,Olosho work etc. Tufiakwa.Father forgive my yoruba brother for do not know what they are doing. |
LamidiCownu:Only Alaigbo will happen soon, Biafra will never come not in 2,000 years. |
loveth360:Who wants to marry retired prostitutes from Igbo erosion village.? |
post=105177696:The reason South East have low numbers of out of school children is because most of the child bearing Igbos are either in the SS,SW, and North hustling thereby increasing the data to the population of their host community. |
Miosendyin:The people throwing bombs are agents od western imperialism,forget the religion colouration added to these stuff.The biggest terrorists in the world are the Governments. |
This week hundreds of Cuban doctors stationed in Brazil packed up their bags and went home, less than two weeks after their government in Havana ordered an end to their participation in the country’s More Doctors program on Nov. 14. The program, which bolsters healthcare provision in poor and rural communities, had fallen foul of an ideological rift between Cuba’s communist government and Brazil’s far right president-elect, Jair Bolsonaro. Cuba said their decision was the result of “offensive and threatening” comments by Bolsonaro. He had called the doctors, who must send most of their salary to their Communist government, “Cuban slaves” and said their presence in Brazil was “feeding the Cuban dictatorship.” Around 1,300 of Brazil’s 8,300 Cuban doctors have already left, according to a spokesman for the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the U.N. agency which oversees the program. The political spat was an unprecedented blow to Cuba’s most lucrative export: not tobacco or sugar, but doctors. Leasing healthcare professionals to foreign governments brings in around $11 billion each year, making it a bigger source of revenue than the Caribbean island’s tourism industry. There are currently some 50,000 Cuban doctors working across 67 countries, an “army of white coats”, as Cuban officials call them. But how did Cuba, an isolated authoritarian regime that suffers regular shortages of basic goods, become a world leader in sought-after medical expertise? Why does Cuba have such good healthcare? Cuba’s medical export business has its roots in the years immediately following the 1959 Revolution, when rebel leader Fidel Castro overthrew the rightwing dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista and established a Communist regime. Universal healthcare and free education were fundamental to Castro’s project. “They were the two big investments of the revolution,” says Mark Keller, a Cuba expert at the Economist Intelligence Unit. “So Cuba has a really well-educated population and a surfeit of doctors.” Life expectancy on the island is higher than in the U.S. and Cubans have almost more than three times as many doctors per capita. How do doctors serve Cuba’s international interests? In the Cold War years, Cuba began using its doctors as a diplomatic tool to overcome political isolation. In 1963, a year after Cuba was expelled from the Organisation of American States, it sent its first medical mission abroad to Algeria, with 56 Cubans replacing French doctors who had left the African country after it gained independence from France in 1962. The doctors helped cement a bond between the two revolutionary countries and they maintain close relations today. The diplomatic benefits of sending doctors to developing countries still helps Cuba in international relations, Keller says. “For smaller African or Caribbean countries, who can’t necessarily afford to pay for the doctors, it gets them on Cuba’s side,” he says. “They’ll be more lenient towards Cuba when they’re under international pressure from Europe and the United States [to oppose it].” Sending doctors abroad for humanitarian purposes is also great PR for the country. Cuban medics won praise in international media for their efficacy and commitment after Haiti’s 2010 earthquake and during West Africa’s 2014 Ebola crisis. That helps to put a palatable face on an authoritarian regime that fiercely represses dissent, restricts its citizens’ rights to travel and carries out thousands of arbitrary detentions every year. How does sending doctors abroad affect the Cuban economy? Today, it’s not all about altruism. “When you have a very well educated population but also shortages of cash and goods, you want to find a way to monetize it,” says Keller. A few years after Venezuela had its own socialist revolution in 1998, the two leftwing countries entered into a symbiotic relationship. Oil-rich Venezuela sends Cuba cash and subsidised oil shipments to the island in exchange for highly educated professionals, including not only doctors but also intelligence officials and sports trainers, Keller says. 21,700 Cuban professionals are still working in Venezuela, officials say, despite the massive economic and humanitarian crisis it has been suffering for the last five years. Cuba’s 2013 deal with then-president Dilma Roussef made Brazil Cuba’s second-biggest customer. Brazil paid around $3,600 per doctor per month to the Cuban government, according to the Brazilian health ministry. With 8,300 doctors in Cuba before they were ordered home on Nov. 14, that’s around $360 million each year. Cuba has recently signed deals with Algeria, Kenya and Uganda to trade cash for doctors. What’s it like for the doctors? Where Cuba gets badly needed cash and foreign countries get badly needed medical expertise, the doctors themselves have an equally clear incentive to work abroad. Cuba’s monthly minimum wage is around $25, rising to around $50 for doctors. In Brazil, even with the Cuban government taking most of their salary, they were still getting about $1000 a month, a life-changing sum for their families, according to Keller. “There are consumer goods shortages that mean a lot of products are only available in dollar-only stores,” he says. “So if you have a family member abroad who’s earning dollars, you’ll live a totally different life.” The working conditions for Cubans abroad, though, are not always easy. They are rarely welcomed by local doctors, who view the Cubans as a way for local authorities to avoid addressing fundamental problems and shortages in domestic healthcare systems. The Cuban government keeps a tight grip on the doctors, too. In 2017, they tightened restrictions on doctors working in Brazil, banning them from taking Brazilian medical exams and compelling pregnant women to return home to Cuba after 22 weeks of pregnancy to prevent their children from being born in Brazil and getting Brazilian citizenship. Are there any rumblings of dissent? Not all the doctors working abroad are happy with the arrangement. In 2017 some 150 of those in Brazil filed lawsuits in local courts challenging the agreement and attempting to break from the Cuban government to practice independently in Brazil. On Nov. 29 several more doctors filed claims against PAHO, arguing that the U.N. agency has made $73 million dollars off the Cubans’ work and supported conditions that violate international laws on forced labor. Around 2,000 Cubans will stay on in Brazil in defiance of their government, a Brazilian diplomatic source told AFP. Keller says some Cubans could try to go to the U.S., which has been historically welcomed Cubans who turn their back on the regime. The dispute with Bolsonaro is a reminder that ideology will always weigh heavily on Cuba’s international relations, Keller says. “It’s not just any old country. It runs a risk when it’s dealing with a democratic country like Brazil that things will change.” But Keller says there has been little pushback outside of Brazil. And, with 67 countries on board, Cuba’s doctors-for-export business isn’t going anywhere. “This is a massive program,” he says. “It’s one of the main things Cuba has to offer to the world.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/time.com/5467742/cuba-doctors-export-brazil/%3famp=true |
Healthcare in Cuba: A Doctor’s Reality HAVANA, Cuba — Cuba’s diplomatic relationships with the rest of the world may be tumultuous, but its well-regarded healthcare is once again in demand. Cuban doctors are now in Italy, South Africa, Jamaica and several other countries in an effort to combat the spread of COVID-19. At first, Cuba may seem like a strange place to produce globally renowned doctors; however, healthcare in Cuba is impressive. Cuba boasts a world-leading doctor-to-population ratio and its infant mortality rates and expected lifespan are on par with developed countries like the United States. However, the reality for doctors is not always positive. Cuban Currency Despite its impressive healthcare records, many Cubans live in poverty and the country’s economy is suffering. Trade embargoes and a sudden lack of tourism, which is a major source of income for the country, have stunted an already weak economy. Exasperating its economic issues is the use of two currencies: the Cuban peso and the convertible peso. Tourists and those working in the private sector use the convertible peso. It is almost equivalent to the U.S. dollar; whereas, the Cuban peso is worth 25 times less. Healthcare and education in Cuba are provided by the communist state, making teachers and doctors government employees. Since they are subject to government wages, they are paid in the Cuban peso. This means that Cuba’s doctors make around $50 a month. Host countries often pay a fee to have Cuba’s doctors work there, but 75-80% of that fee is sent back to the Cuban government. Even with just 25% of that fee, a doctor’s salary can jump to $1000 a month. They would never see that amount had they remained in Cuba. Cuba Medical Missions Cuba’s medical diplomacy is its leading source of income. Its medical missions bring in around $7 billion every year. Tourism is the second leading source of income, but in a time of quarantine, its already struggling economy is suffering more than most. Cuba ranks as one of the least economically free countries in the world, meaning its poor citizens do not have many financial options. The private sector is small, and the global pandemic is forcing many private businesses to close. This leaves the state to provide for all citizens. Food rations and low wages affect many people, including doctors. Medical personnel sent abroad may help make up the majority of Cuba’s economy; however, this does not save its doctors at home from poor working conditions and poor wages. The life of a Cuban doctor is complicated. Many consider their job a vocation, assisting the poor in their own country and abroad. Cuba does send doctors to some countries free of charge but will strike deals with others. In Venezuela for example, Cuba sends medical aid in exchange for oil. Some of these doctors have reported feeling forced into labor and unsafe. The Backbone of the Cuban Economy Many poor countries have a need for doctors, and Cuba fills that void. The money earned by the doctors is also what allows the poor living in their country to continue to survive. Without the income from the doctors, and with tourism being throttled by the coronavirus and trade embargo, Cuba’s residents could start losing access to services. The country has already had to ration food supplies. The Cuban doctor is vital to the health and well-being of the impoverished in the countries they visit as well as to the Cuban economy, and therefore, the Cuban people. In a time of crisis though, Cuba’s well-regarded healthcare system is standing strong. Its number of cases of COVID-19 appears to have peaked already. Its mortality rate is much lower than the global average and it has begun mass testing. Cuba is also on the frontlines in the search for a treatment for COVID-19. It claims it has successfully treated patients in Cuba using interferons, a method also used in China. The treatment is still unproven, but is providing hope of an end to the global pandemic. – Nick Rhodes https://www.borgenmagazine.com/healthcare-in-cuba/ |
Sabo doctors,you want to abandon your own people because of inadequacies in the health sector to treat and care for racist Arab idiots in Arabia. I guess Nigerians have to rely on fresh graduates and quacks to treat them. Saudi and gulf countries pay European doctors well and above African doctors.In Gulf countries,you get paid according to your passport. The Doctors in Saudi dont own private hospitals like they have in Nigeria. Cuban doctors are paid just $50 a month |
Danjikanbauchi:Develop South East to world class standard before trying to rule Nigeria.We Yorubas. We dont need Ibo or Fulani ruling over us.We want only Yorubas rule over other Yorubbas. |
Danjikanbauchi:We can hand you Alaigbo republic to rule. |
The three bravest Lagosians the state has ever produced:Nyanmrin list for the stable of PDP.They can all contest in Igboland since Igbos love them so much,anuofia. Bode Georgei is not Yoruba. |
udele1:IPOb no say Hausa/Fulani madness pass their own.If they try any nonsense in Abuja,fulani will roast them alive. The coward tribe only chest beat and make mouth. |
olmoRoc:Only South West and South South deserves President and Vice President for being the economic backbone of Nigeria.(generates trillions to the Nigerian economy).These 2 regions feed Nigerians without us,Nigeria will not survive. He who pays the bills dictate the tune of events.Igbos can dictate the day ,they supercede Yorubas and Niger delta in revenue.
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Orji is a name synonymous with fraud. |
TheSupleemLeada:You are 50% igbo and 50% Yoruba.If you marry an igbo woman,she will give birth to a child with 75% igbo blood and 25% Yoruna blood. My advise is to marry a Yoruba woman so your son/daughter can have 75% Yoruba blood in your next generation. |
Ekele22:The summary is Public toilet meets Public toilet. |
Chloraseptic:Only the South West and South South deserves Presidency and vice president slot for feeding the nation out of their abundant wealth. |
*Restructuring, only way forward —Alaafin* Our revenue has been taken over by the Federal Government. What the Federal Government collects in Value Added Tax in an area in Oyo State in one month is more than what it collects in Adamawa State in three months. Yet, the Federal Government takes all the revenue away from Yorubaland. The Igbo army came through a coup and took over the government. Aguiyi Ironsi that took over abolished the regional system through decree 34 of 1966. He also scrapped the term Federation of Nigeria and replaced it with a Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Hausa/Fulani felt that with the new system, the Emirs would no longer be able to operate within a republic like before. Their belief was that Ironsi came from a culture that opposed their belief. This led to a counter coup of July 29, 1966. I am trying to tell you why we have to restructure Nigeria. Gowon that came later returned the term Federation of Nigeria, but not the region. Lagos is about 20 million people going by the first census conducted and Kano was next. However, within the next 10 years, Jigawa was created from Kano while Kano was split into about 44 council areas, but Lagos remains with 20 council areas. Jigawa that was created from Kano was given 19 council areas. This means that the bulk of what Nigeria realises as revenue goes to the North. If we are in a regional system, the government of that region can create council areas, but because we depend on a monolithic manner of financing the states, we are in problem. *-Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, July 2017.* |
*Who has been marginalized?* In 1979, Igbo has only two states, Anambra and Imo whereas Yoruba has four states. Today Igbo has five states and Yoruba has six states. In 1979, the Igbo has six senators whereas Yoruba has twelve senators. Today the Igbo has fifteen senators whereas the Yoruba has eighteen senators. Calculate the percentage increase. And let us ask, who has been marginalized? The Igbo will come to tell us that the Hausa/Fulani are bad, they are not educated, they are Muslims, they want to Islamise Nigeria, they are this and that, yet at every election they will go behind to form an alliance with them and voted them into power in 1959, 1964, 1979, 1983, 1993, 1999, 2003, and 2007. Strategically, under the unitary system, the Igbo has been reducing our economic potential because they have been able to increase their slots in geometric progression and ours is in arithmetic progression. They have more slots in Federal appointments whereas ours have continued to reduce. The Land mass that makes up the five Igbo states is not up to Oyo state, yet they have been able to create five states out of it. The first group of people that started trading in spare parts are Yoruba particularly our people from Ijebu-Ode but they have been muscled out of the business by the Igbo using the proceeds of crimes committed across Yorubaland. The idea of geo-political zone was mouthed by Ojukwu to favour the Igbo. Now through Jonathan conference they said they are being marginalized because they are the only geo-political zone with five states. Can you imagine that? From two states. That is what I called strategic thinking. Unfortunately, the Yoruba that went to that conference agreed with them foolishly particularly the Afenifere Liberal Wing in the likes of Yinka Odumakin. What a tragedy. Let's ask them, what did the Yoruba that attend the conference brought home? The answer is nothing. The issue of Biafra being championed by Kanu is not by accident, it is a grand design to negotiate for more. Now it is coming out, South East Development Commission. Why don't we ask: to be funded by who? If it is agreed they will continue to reduce our economic potential in the Nigerian state. But, come to think of it why don't you let Biafra be, but only as the Igbo-speaking Biafra. They are adding no value to us and I can bet you that nobody will miss them. Remember that they fired the first shot that started Nigerian civil war, killing Akintola, Ademulegun and his wife, Tafawa Balewa, Ahmadu Bello and many other notable Yoruba. Of recent, Chinue Achebe wrote a book "There was a Country". Accusing Awolowo of committing progrom. What a tragic write up. The question to ask is who started the war? Can I continue to feed my enemy to have more strength to battle me? Igbo would never change. Domination is in their blood and they can only be satisfied if they have what belongs to you and you have not. *Adeyinka Grandson, June 2017.* President of the Young Yoruba for Freedom (YYF) |
Bluntguy:Get your turn in PDP or APGA. |
The greatest misfortune as a Nigeria is to be lumped up with narcissitic tribes. |
uBuNiT:Anybody who ever voted for Atiku in 2019 will not die natural death |
The video was uploaded 4months ago on youtube of an afghan/Pakistani wedding dance,It has nothing to do with Taliban. They are khaibar pasthuni,Pakistan . Pasthun Wedding dance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_ffA7mQCr8 Mynd44
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