Sep 17, 2008

More lipstick please!

The commonly used Malaria medicine is called ‘lipstick’. Well at least, in Khmer language that’s what the product name sounds like to me. In a meeting of 9 district health centre chiefs, hospital managers, non-government and government staff, it was a giggle for me to continuing hear the male managers asking for more ‘lipstick’.
Unfortunately it means the usual increase in Malaria has happened during the wet season and so they need to stock up on medicine but instead I am smiling a little, at the accidental joke ….
In the meeting the issue was dealt with professionally and medicine stocks will be replenished; with no cosmetics included in the deliveries I am sure