Benn challenges west to fund African NHS  Rich countries should
back their poorer neighbours in setting up free universal
healthcare to help save thousands of lives, Hilary Benn, the
minister for international development, will tell public service
workers today.  Mr Benn will use his speech at a conference
organised by public service union Unison to announce £14.5m
worth of aid for Zambia's healthcare services, as he calls on
the west to help developing countries set up a basic welfare
state.  Unison were one of the signatories to a Guardian letter
back in September condemning the privatisation of basic services
such as water and healthcare and calling for "effective delivery
of essential public services" to achieve the 2015 millennium
goals.  The government's aid offer follows Zambia's decision to
abolish fees for basic health services in rural areas, affecting
5 million of the 7 million Zambians living below the poverty
line.  Evidence shows that people living in developing countries
with access to free and