World AIDS Day

The Hardship of Having HIV/AIDS Diseases and mental illnesses are constantly evolving in the United States. Many diseases that were not curable or that were hard to maintain can now be cured. Scientists are always looking for a new cure or more information about a disease. Years ago people would die from disease like smallpox or the bubonic plague but they are now almost unheard of. One disease that really evolved over time was HIV/AIDS. People used to think that only certain individuals are…

People now and days are losing their virginity at 12 to 14 years old. Most people no longer look at sex from a religious and moral point of view. Back in my hometown, if you were a teenager and you had not had sex by 17, you were a loser. People now and days go partying just to find “a piece of booty”, and that includes men and women. Men and women cannot just be “friends” anymore. Twelve…

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…

it is also a very important public health issue at the community level. Referring back to an earlier example about how a young woman’s life is impacted through pregnancy, it can also impact that young woman’s family and community. According to the World Health Organization (2014), “a girl with little or no education due to dropping out of school has fewer skills and opportunities to find a job. This can have an economic cost with a country losing out on the annual income a young woman would have…

If there has been a disaster somewhere in the world, anyone should be able to donate to the cause. For example, the most recent disaster in the United States was at a gay night club in Orlando, Florida. During this terrible event, it killed around 50 people and injured dozens more. Many gay men along…

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…

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…