Steve - of course the cultural imperialism of 'western medecine' has done nothing to dramatically reduce infant mortality rates in the 3rd world -say measles, polio, diptheria, TB, to name just a handful these rates have just coincidentally fallen dramatically with the widespread adoption of western medecine and medical practices....me, I'm not gonna get my kids vaccinated just see a shamen and hang some ccrystals over their beds and the jobs a good'unn