America seems like it has been susceptible to many curious and deadly diseases throughout the years. GRID, or gay-related immune deficiency, was first introduced in 1982 when doctors saw immune systems of gay males falter. This is better known as AIDS now. Mad Cow Disease (BSE) caused pandemonium across the globe in 1986. Causing fatal brain damage was scary to most, but the United States did not record a case until the early 2000s (“Mad Cow,” 2015). Next came the swine flu, or H1N1. This brought a scare to everyone in America, making parents panic and bringing their children to vaccination clinics. More recently, the Ebola virus has caught the eyes of Americans. The Hot Zone captures how deadly this disease is. From the eyes of Nancy
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The government has not helped their people for the longest time, plus Kenya is a relatively poor country. Its sanitation is not great, its water sources are now just improving, and governmental spending on health care is meager. The health around Kenya can also be hindered by cultural resistance. There are many different indigenous tribes located in rural Kenya that lack the measly medical attention they could obtain. They also have few too many trained personnel. If they do not have the proper education and enough people who treat them, there will be many who will be left to fend off the diseases on their own (which they cannot). The main reason why Kenyan health care is so futile is monetary funding. The government elects not investing money into the betterment of health care, but the World Health Organization (WHO) stepped in during 2013 to create a systematic plan to better the health care in Kenya (Ministry of Medical Services, 2013). This is the right step forwards for the country to improve in all …show more content…
Even though Kenyans do not receive the proper amount of health education, their schooling is very important to them. They spend 6.6 percent of their GDP on education, which leads them to have a literacy rate of seventy-eight percent country-wide (The World Factbook, 2015). Compared to the 1980s, when The Hot Zone takes places, the literacy rate for Americans was around eighty-five percent (Roser, 2016). Also, the religions are very similar, as Christianity leads the way in both countries as the primary faith followed. What sets them apart is their gender roles. Granted that feminism is being fought in both countries, the women in Kenya are facing a steeper uphill battle. They are given wages that are so poor that they likely could lead the to be homeless. The are “limited from owning, acquiring, and controlling property throughout Kenya, regardless of social class, religion, or ethnic group (“Gender Equity,” 2013)”. Even “if a woman attempts to assert property rights over men or in-laws, they are often ostracized by their families and communities” (“Gender Equity,” 2013). The women are treated like second-class citizens, unlike American women, who are not treated as poorly. This is seen because Jaax is a female working in a high-class operation. She is working on a project that holds high prestige. She is able to work with the
The government has not helped their people for the longest time, plus Kenya is a relatively poor country. Its sanitation is not great, its water sources are now just improving, and governmental spending on health care is meager. The health around Kenya can also be hindered by cultural resistance. There are many different indigenous tribes located in rural Kenya that lack the measly medical attention they could obtain. They also have few too many trained personnel. If they do not have the proper education and enough people who treat them, there will be many who will be left to fend off the diseases on their own (which they cannot). The main reason why Kenyan health care is so futile is monetary funding. The government elects not investing money into the betterment of health care, but the World Health Organization (WHO) stepped in during 2013 to create a systematic plan to better the health care in Kenya (Ministry of Medical Services, 2013). This is the right step forwards for the country to improve in all …show more content…
Even though Kenyans do not receive the proper amount of health education, their schooling is very important to them. They spend 6.6 percent of their GDP on education, which leads them to have a literacy rate of seventy-eight percent country-wide (The World Factbook, 2015). Compared to the 1980s, when The Hot Zone takes places, the literacy rate for Americans was around eighty-five percent (Roser, 2016). Also, the religions are very similar, as Christianity leads the way in both countries as the primary faith followed. What sets them apart is their gender roles. Granted that feminism is being fought in both countries, the women in Kenya are facing a steeper uphill battle. They are given wages that are so poor that they likely could lead the to be homeless. The are “limited from owning, acquiring, and controlling property throughout Kenya, regardless of social class, religion, or ethnic group (“Gender Equity,” 2013)”. Even “if a woman attempts to assert property rights over men or in-laws, they are often ostracized by their families and communities” (“Gender Equity,” 2013). The women are treated like second-class citizens, unlike American women, who are not treated as poorly. This is seen because Jaax is a female working in a high-class operation. She is working on a project that holds high prestige. She is able to work with the