what is amazing to me - some of these countries are not themselves poor. not that we shouldn't help of course, but Indonesia has oil revenues, India certainly has money (and plenty of US IT jobs), Thailand too - yet they don't even seem to be able to muster up 50 helicopters and basic medical supplies.
You make some good points. I imagine the answer lies in their medical care and general infrastructures being fairly primitive. Then again, I could be wrong...