Development aid

Vanquishing AIDS/HIV: Olga Golichenko’s Side AIDS/HIV is a treacherous disease that has killed millions of people world-wide for decades due to lack of proper treatment funding and no available cure for the disease itself. A proposed financial tax, known as the “Robin Hood Tax”, could help in funding treatment and a cure for the disease (DeMoro, pg.11). This financial tax can not only help in the “[eradication] [of] HIV/AIDS and other global epidemics” but also improve global healthcare for…

Wonder how many people around you have AIDS? As living in the New York City, the most populous city in the United States, thousands of people that will pass by as you are walking on the street. According to “Current HIV Statistics” has proven that 1 out of 118 people have HIV infection, and yet 20% of them haven’t noticed they are infected. AIDS stands for acquired immune deficiency syndrome, it is a highly contagious disease caused by HIV infection. HIV is a virus that attacks the body’s immune…

prevention? (what have we done wrong?) 3. A. What does the author suggest needs to be done to reduce HIV/AIDs, and B. Why does she think most people would not support it? (What can actually work?) Elizabeth would like for us to go away from the abstinence-only concept, educate 4. A. Although the book primarily discusses HIV/AIDS in Asia,…

Africa has been a hub for many of the world’s deadliest diseases and epidemics. Diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/Aids are responsible for millions of deaths in Africa each and every year. A major contributing factor to this issue is the current healthcare system set in place. The lack of easy access, coupled with the high cost of medication and treatment makes it very difficult for African citizens to receive the medical help that they need. Africa’s extreme poverty and lack of…

HIV/AIDS has been an untreatable and intractable epidemic since 1981. Many people are unsure of the drastic changes and developments made with this disease. The Centers for Disease Control made a timeline indicating the exact order in which the scientist reported their finding. The Centers for Disease Control (2015) noted information publicly from June 5, 1981 to October 20, 2015, indicating how the disease was found to the information we possess in the 21st century. In Los Angeles, California…

HIV/AIDS is a very serious, life-threatening, and almost entirely preventable disease. With increased education and awareness, we can continue to decrease the number of new cases each year, encourage all to become knowledgeable about the disease and get tested, and bring attention and care to current HIV/AIDS patients. One of the most at-risk groups to become infected with HIV/AIDS is young adults, who made up 39 percent of all new infections and 15 percent of all people living with AIDS as of…

for its people will most likely have sort of presence of gangs in its region. And it makes sense people argue that education will make the country more organized and that will lead to fewer problems 1D- Education and literacy are related HIV/AIDS. HIV and AIDS can become a serious problem if the society…

amount of time each day looking through their favorite platforms and connecting with other people- even those that may be thousands of miles away. For this very reason, social media is very useful during a crisis or natural disaster. For humanitarian aid and rescue teams, a steady source of live, accurate information is essential to their plan of action. With the sheer amount of messages and posts sent each day, monitoring social media during a crisis can prove an essential part of any good…

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 seminal plasma and other biologics on HIV-1. Could the anti-viral components of seminal plasma and other biologics be utilized as agent against HIV and vaccine development? HIV is a retrovirus that…

protocol for evaluating the donor and the necessary lab tests that are required. The physicians generally practiced Western medicine and knew the risks associated with blood transfusions in Africa. As the practice of transfusions grew, so did the new development of other related risks associated, such as Hepatitis B and the discovery in 1965. It was quite evident that this disease was transmitted as a direct result of a blood transfusion. Beginning in the 1970’s there was an increase in…