January 25, 2006 Death: The untimely visitor By Mr. Heinrich Botes Every second month, a team from the DFL Head Office visits Deemount, a hamlet outside of Harding in the KwaZulu Natal province of South Africa. This place is hardly found on maps…and not advertised on tourist brochures. The deadly HIV-virus, however, found this place and is causing absolute havoc in the homes of this warm and friendly community…people who live simple lives. ...more
January 25, 2006 Voice of America interview DFL on Condom stance Voice of America interviews DFL spokes person, Mr. Heinrich Botes " In South Africa, a faith-based medical aid group is applauding comments by the country's education minister condemning condom distribution at schools. The policy has been in effect since 1999. But this week Education Minister Naledi Pandor said she did not understand why 13-year-olds were engaged in sexual activity. She added, "For young people, the message is abstain, abstain, abstain." Download Audio (MP3)
January 17, 2006 Medical outreach to Zavora with Mercy Air and MSCF By Matthias Reuter, Mercy Air Heli-Ops "The Global Positioning System in the instrument panel of the helicopter is confirming what I am seeing through the tropical humid and hot air in the distance. The old Portuguese built lighthouse near Zavora on the eastern shore of southern Mozambique is coming into sight. “Our camp is only 4 kilometers along the sand road from the lighthouse”, I remember Johan Claassen from Doctors for life describing to me on the phone some weeks earlier. There were coconut and palm trees every where! ...more
January 13, 2006 1300 MEDICAL DOCTORS SUPPORT MINISTER PANDOR’S STANCE ON CONDOMS Doctors for Life International applauds the Minister of Education, Naledi Pandor, for her boldness in so eloquently stating the basic truth about AIDS prevention: “For young people the message is abstain, abstain and abstain”. She also publicly condemned the distribution of condoms at schools. ..more
January 2, 2006 Swiss hospitals agree to help kill patients Lausanne University hospital, Switzerland has decided to permit assisted suicides starting from January 1, 2006 . Assisted suicide has always been considered a form of active euthanasia . In addition to Lausanne , other leading Swiss hospitals are now actively discussing permitting the procedure. Though Swiss law initially did not allow doctors to kill their patients the practice of euthanasia has been gradually extended from private groups into the public health systems. ...more
