Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Contemporary Child Solider Professor Anne Farina International Child Welfare George Warren Brown School of Social Work Washington University in Saint Louis Introduction In the contemporary battlefield of today, child soldiers are becoming normalized in the majority of conflicts. Motivations for child recruitment include children’s limited ability to assess risks, feelings of invulnerability, and shortsightedness. Child soldiers are more often killed or injured than adult…

All of the people known and loved could vanish in just two to five days. The Black Death was a fast moving disease that began in Europe and was the worst epidemic to ever face earth’s people. There were many theories for how this came about, but no one knew for sure. There were a couple different ways that the disease could spread, but all ended in dreadful symptoms. The doctors tried a few things, but nothing truly helped. The disease moved too quickly to be able to do anything about it. Does…

The Outcomes of Pandemics: An Analysis on HIV, AIDS, and Ebola Throughout history the world has constantly been plagued by the spread of infectious diseases. These diseases have eradicated millions of the world’s population, inducing death and suffering of human kind. While the characteristics and effects of each disease have left their own unique imprint in time, the goal for humanity will always remain the same and that is survival. Over the last 100 years two specific illnesses have made a…

and one in nine before fifteen. Analysts project that if current trends continue, 142 million girls will marry before adulthood within this decade.” (Child Marriages) “Brazil, Nigeria, Indonesia, Mexico, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Niger, and India are presented as the top ten countries with the most child brides.” (Child Marriages) Among the ten, India is has a number one ranking spot with more than ten thousand child brides. This is a large amount compared to…

patient gender and outcome among Ebola positive patients? (categorical-categorical) Ebola virus first encountered by the scientist in 1967.In the 1970s, first major outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever caused by Ebola virus occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sudan.1 International scientific teams could not…

According to the World Health Organization, “more than 70 million people have been infected with the HIV virus and about 35 million people have died of HIV.” Unlike other viruses, our bodies are unable to get rid of HIV. So once an individual contracts it, they have it for life. This virus attacks the host’s immune system which—in turn—opens up the possibility of other diseases to wreak havoc within the body. To be more specific, AIDS.gov states that HIV’s objective is to attack key points…

Directions: Read both articles. Then write an argumentative essay based on a claim you create. Type your essay Below Armed & Underage Thousands of children are being forced to serve as soldiers around the world. And in the African nation of Somalia, the U.S. might even be helping pay their salaries. By Jeffrey Gettleman in Mogadishu, Somalia Upfront Magazine (October 4, 2010) Prowling the streets of Mogadishu, the shattered capital of Somalia, Awil Salah Osman looks like all the other…

‘We cannot succeed when half of us are held back’ How true is this quote by Malala Yousafzai and how does this relate to Human Rights violations? It’s hard to define what human rights are; there is just too much to consider. Generally, human rights are simply referred to as the rights a human has. Of course, there are heaps of rights worldwide aimed towards certain groups of people; however, human rights are the only set of rights that are applied to everyone, universally. That includes everyone…

The end of the Vietnam War saw an increase in the population by displaced Vietnamese people. In recent times, displaced persons arriving and settling in Australia are from Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and African nations including Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan. Each of these population groups brings their own cultural and linguistic attributes to Australia. Also included in the broad sense of Culturally and Linguistic Diverse communities are Indigenous peoples and those with a…

Over 75 million acres of planet Earth’s land belongs to the tropical rainforest. (Rainforests Facts the Nature Conservancy) The rainforest is home to many different species, which includes monkeys, snakes, birds, rodents, frogs and lizards. (Earth Floor: Biomes) Many things contribute as threats to this environment. Instead of having such a beautiful and vast area of nature, humans mostly contribute to having it otherwise. The rainforest has much to offer for today’s modern society; everything…