b'If Cuba Can, Why Cant We?A Very Historic Event for HomeopathyBY MICHAEL LEVESQUE, NHF BOARD MEMBERD idi Ananda Ruchira is a ho- exposed to a yearly cycle of leptospirosisAgain, in 2008, there were no deaths meopathic doctor who has aafter hurricane and rainfall floods. Theand fewer than ten infections a month! clinic called the Abha Lightbacterial disease is spread by infected ratThe results come with full scientific ver-Foundation in the slums ofurine to humans, causing jaundice andificationpublishedinmajormedical Nairobi,Kenya,wheresheoffersinex- kidney damage to thousands, with somejournals. They areboth amazing and un-pensive homeopathic medicine and class- deaths occurring. deniable. Truly, this was an historic event es to the people living there. In 2009, sheInthepast,theCubangovernmentfor homeopathy.attendedahomeopathyconferenceinused lepto vaccinations at a cost of around Cuba and published a report on things$3,000,000. Due to its high expense, it wasThe information in this article comes she learned during the conference. reserved for children, pregnant women,from the following source: http://homeop-Unsurprisingly, the mainstream mediaand the elderly. Still, each year the num- athyresource.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/never picked up the story, so I thought Ibers of infections had edged upwards intosummary-of-cuban-experiences-on-lep-should share it with everyone. It appearsthe thousands, until 2007 that is. tospirosis-prevention-from-the-authors/. that homeopathic medicine has been usedIn August 2007, Finlay put approxi- Michael LeVesque did the sketch and very successfully in Cuba where they havemately 2,200,000 people (a figure repre- text for the cartoon, while the artwork only a few pharmaceutical multinationalssenting the entire population of the twowas done by David Steinhart. Michael or trade agreements stopping them. Thisprovinces where the flooding most oftenwas the CEO, founder, and President information is both valuable and timeless. occurs) on homeopathic medicine, at aof Vitamin Express for 36 years. It was TheFinlayInstitute(apartofthecost of around $200,000. The prophy- closed in June 2018. No endorsement of MinistryofPublicHealth,Cubaandlaxis consisted of two single doses twoany business or product is intended by primarilyconductingmedicalresearchweeks apart of Lepto nosode with somepublishing this cartoon.on and production of vaccines) used ho- Bach Flower remedies also given to relieve meopathic medicine on a massive scalemental stress from the disaster situation.Neither Health Freedom News nor the au-previously unknown in the entire historyTwo weeks later, the infections droppedthor are suggesting that any medical care or of homeopathy. They treated 2.2 milliondramatically to near zero: ten infectionstreatment be conducted without competent people who were and still are regularlyand no deaths. medical advice and supervision.H ealtHF reedomN ews /s ummer2023 19'