Humanitarian aid

For many years, the biggest talk of all time has been about sex in my opinion. Whether this talk is on television, through music, in books and in almost every conversation of any typical teenager. When I step back and look at this topic, I ask myself, is sex really worth it? Why is sex so important to us? How come sex is “normal” to hear about on a daily basis? Sex comes with many risks and people do it anyway. This is what I want to get to the bottom of and understand why people do what they do…

a) Causes Conjunctivitis is the inflammation of the conjunctiva, which is the outermost layer of the white part of the eye and the inner eyelid (Stevens, 2008). Conjunctivitis can be caused from many sources. These include bacteria, viruses and irritations. Irritations can be caused from allergic reactions to various things such as pollen and grass, irritation can also be caused from foreign objects in your eye such as chemicals (Durning, 2013). Unlike irritation, bacterial and viral…

potentially made a significant advancement for our nation. Now, instead of progressing our nation further, the young woman could possibly go on welfare, allowing the community to be accountable for her, which would ultimately hurt the economy. HIV and AIDS are a very widespread disease throughout the community. As soon as a young adolescent has unprotected sex, they allow themselves to give this infection to an…

In the medical field, there has been a major debate for many, many years about gay men being able to donate blood. Studies have shown that gay men are at a higher risk of having sexually transmitted diseases. With this higher risk, the Food and Drug Association has put a ban that if any gay man comes to donate blood he has to be denied because of his sexual orientation. Many people feel like this is discrimination against homosexuals and that it is wrong for the Food and Drug Association should…

Mary Fisher, an American political activist, addresses a worldwide illness at the 1992 Republican National Convention Address in Houston, Texas. At the time, AIDS was a new epidemic; responsible for affecting millions of people and being the death cause of much more. As a result, stereotypes about AIDS had risen, bringing nothing but fear to society. Fisher notices America’s great lack of knowledge towards this disease and the difficulties that come along when it is time to talk about it. She…

known as AIDS, is a serious medical condition that has spread from Central Africa to the rest of the world. AIDS is the final stage of HIV infection, however, not everyone gets AIDS from HIV. “AIDS is the stage of infection that occurs when your immune system is badly damaged and you become vulnerable to opportunistic infections. When the number of your CD4 cells falls below 200 cells per cubic millimeter of blood (200 cells/mm3), you are considered to have progressed to AIDS” (What is…

Brown, A., Gill, O., & Delpech, V. (2013). HIV treatment and prevention among MSM in the UK: HIV Medicine, 14(9), 563-570. • In the UK, free HIV consideration is given through devoted HIV centers. Utilizing the national accomplice of men who engage in sexual relations with men (MSM) with analyzed HIV disease and appraisals of the quantity of undiscovered men, we evaluated whether high maintenance in HIV consideration and treatment scope is adequate to lessen HIV transmission. The quantity of…

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by a corkscrew-shaped bacteria called Treponema pallidum. Anyone who is sexually active may catch syphilis, but those at greater risk include: people diagnosed with any STD, people with a sex partner diagnosed with any STD, people with more than one sex partner, people with a new sex partner, or people who exchange sex for money or drugs. Syphilis is spread directly from person to person by direct contact with an infectious lesion. The…

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…

and focus their attention on fair taxes, proper tariffs and locally generated policies (Raymond, 2011). The United States needs to take a step back and work to properly allocate foreign aid in a way that will slowly diminish Haiti’s dependence (Raymond, 2011). Foreign aid must not stop all at once; distribution of aid must be removed slowly to allow the Haitians to build towards their hopes of living…