Aids Awareness Essay

1. Forest Grove in Saskatoon is an area that has not had much focus on their community’s personal and local health. I have been living here since September and I get the impression that people keep to themselves more than necessary since we do not have any substantial community centers or local community events to bring people together. This atmosphere may affect a person’s personal health because of the potential for people to be isolated in their own homes, not feeling welcomed by their…

The war against HIV …. The presence of HIV was tracked back to 1920 in Africa. There have been numerous attempts to stop HIV contraction through precautionary measures and detection and prevent progression once HIV has infected. The development of an effective process to fight the infection is crucial to sustain the disease and prevent spread, especially in poor and populated countries. But what if infection of HIV could be obstructed all together? Recent studies have explored the effect of…

“Where did HIV come from?” by the AIDS INSTITUTE, it claims that HIV was first in chimpanzee at West Africa. Scientist believed that chimpanzee carried their own variation of the immunodeficiency virus and when Africans hunter hunted the chimpanzee. The meat from the chimpanzee,…

I see SPBL as an extension of ‘life long learning’ (Olckers, Gibbs, Duncan, 2007: 2) as it aids me in drawing upon my prior knowledge, offering ‘modern methods of learning’ and encourages me to disprove myths and generate academic supported facts, that were suggested by Olckers, Gibbs and Duncan (2007:2). SPBL has made more aware of the people…

death, specifically, Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by a bacterium that usually affects the lungs, but can affect other parts of the body as well. TB is extremely contagious and if not caught fast enough can spread…

Dear Editor, The article “Women Need Dignity More Than Sex Without Consequence”, Aug. 22, by Grace-Marie Turner states that women do not have to be responsible for their actions and that the government will pay for them to have sex without worrying about pregnancy. She also argues that when government funding is involved ethics and religious liberty must be upheld. Government-funded contraceptives are not an issue about morality or possible sexual consequences – it is about providing women with…

limitations on Foreign Aid include whether or not it is effective, deciding between a planner and searcher, and misallocation of provided aid by government officials. The billions of dollars that have been collected worldwide, and specifically designated to foreign aid, have been abused by politicians in developing countries and in turn, have registered as not generating an economic growth or negatively affecting a developing country’s economy. The big argument within economics and foreign aid…

Lisa, Your post on the syphilis outbreak case was very informative. I agree with what you have stated. Interviews along with questionnaires are an essential part of an epidemiological investigation. I also agree that all interviews should be kept confidential this will insure that the teens receive treatment and give information about who could be infected. A good epidemiologist stablishes a pattern, determines the frequency, and investigates who is infected and who has been exposed.…

Mass incarceration, underfunding, overcrowding in prisons, and unjust policies have led to the spread of infectious diseases (HIV, TB) across US prisons mostly impacting African Americans and Latinos. During the years of 1985-1992 the same time the United States was engaged in its war on drugs there were major outbreaks of Tuberculosis across the nation and many stemming from New York prisons for example. Before major discoveries in the field of medicine it was estimated that 80 percent of…

Tenvir-EM vs Truvada Truvada and Tenvir-EM are two drugs that are categorized as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis or PrEP for short. PrEP is a medication that prevents the contraction of HIV. It is most commonly prescribed to individuals who are at high risk for contraction, mainly gay men. PrEP is only prescribed to people who are healthy and do not have HIV. PrEP is not a treatment, only a preventative measure. PrEP has been shown to reduce the risk of contracting HIV by 92%. Tenvir-EM is the…