Essay On The Future Of Iv In Kenya

FAC’s mandate to include AIDS projects in Africa and Asia. One of the board members

There are an immense amount of problems in Africa caused by the AIDS disease. Healthcare providers are available and located all over Africa. Even though they are available, they have only “enough medicine for long-term survival available for 30,000 Africans” (Copson, 3).

The world as a whole should be mortified by what is happening in Sub-Saharan Africa. In places like Swaziland, Botswana, Lesotho poverty, crime and systematic corruption are the tinder for the fire that is the HIV epidemic in Africa.

In The Invisible Cure, Helen Epstein talks about why HIV/AIDS rate is so high in Africa compared to the rest of the world. Through the book, she gives us an account of the disease and the struggles that many health experts and ordinary Africans went through to understand this disease, and how different African countries approached the same problem differently. Through this paper, I will first address the different ways Uganda and Southern African countries, South Africa and Botswana in particular, dealt with this epidemic, and then explain how we can use what we have learned from these African countries to control outbreaks of communicable disease elsewhere around the world.

In the sub-Saharan Africa, the majority of the population suffers from HIV leading to AIDS. The culprits responsible for this epidemic include the lack of knowledge about the disease, disuse of condoms due to religious practices and the overall poor hygiene. If left untreated, the rampant surge of AIDS can terrribly impact the cost of their healthcare, the African economy and the welfare of the people. This implications justify immediately finding remedies to what ails the sub-Saharan population.

Therefore, the methods that are used since the HIV/AIDS have caused many deaths around the world, it shows how preventive the public health services have become. Arrangements are as emphasized by the CDC ‘’cost analysis, economic evolution, decision and transmission modeling, regulatory impact analysis, Budget Impact Analysis (BIA) and Health Impact Assessment (HIA)’’. Since HIV/AIDS was a form of cancer, at first the strategies of economic is the exploration of the cost of cancers, hospital acquired infectious, transferable diseases, to further, the output of investigation of local health department. Also, the creation of modeling vaccine methods for HIV itself, and infectious diseases diagnosis and treatment, state public health resource –allocation. As an example, the New York Health Options is based on a call center for NY public health insurances programs as Medicaid family health plus, and child health plus. in addition, the social science of public health relies on regulatory impact analysis for anticipating and evaluating the impact of cost and or behaviors. Moreover, BIA requires scientific data, public health expertise plans, programs, and projects. (CDC) finally the HIA is a method that is on practical recommendation for ways to minimize risks and capitalize on opportunities to improve the community’s health. (CDC) From 2005 to 2014, the

If you look at how everything has developed since AIDS was first regarded as s major threat to public health in the beginning of the 1980’s it could be said that a lot of progress has been made. Not in a way where infected individuals around the world get the treatment they need or the developing countries get completely the support necessary, but today the world is closer to that goal than years before. This is important to outline because people tend to forget the progress been made, as they are only searching for a certain ending or result. The final solution to the dilemma between distribution of drugs to all people in need and the costly and continuous research required to find a cure, is not in reach [3].

On the flip side, this public fixation has led to a situation whereby AIDS and TB monopolise the funding pool at the expense of addressing other health areas. A look into the distribution of aid allocation within Botswana proves the case in point. In 2010, Botswana received more than 5 times the total amount of funding required for HIV/AIDS prevention. Its other health focus areas, by comparison, received little funding despite issues such as chronic and mental illnesses, as well as maternal healthcare, being the larger contributors to the overall disease burden within the

This epidemic leads to a high mortality rate as well as a lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality

In countries with low prevalence such as Sierra Leone, AIDS should be normalized and treated as a public health issue--but replies must

President Obama has made an assertive effort to address this epidemic. He tasked the Office of National HIV/AIDS Policy (ONAP) to develop and implement a National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). The NHAS is has three goals. Firstly, to reduce HIV incidence, next to increase access to care and to optimize health outcomes, and lastly to reduce HIV related health disparities. In the opening page of the NHAS President Obama urges us all to get involved, the states, cities and local government, as well as businesses, churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples. In addition, he asks for the scientific, medical and educational communities to also get involved to work for the eradication of HIV. The President has indeed put his money where his mouth is. The President has allocated monies toward cash/housing assistance, prevention and research. $ 3.1 billion of the Fiscal year 2016 budget has been requested for cash/housing because people are living with HIV. This is the HOWPA, the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program. The request for Prevention of HIV is for the least amount, $940 million. However, the monies requested for research are $2.8 billion. The majority of research is conducted by the National Institutes of Health. In addition, another budget request is for the MAI the Minority HIV/AIDS Initiative. It is a request of $54 million.

On the other hand, HIV, which stands for human immunodeficiency virus, is most prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, which has 62% of the world’s HIV cases. Because sub-Saharan Africa is home to 70% of the poorest people in the world, people lack the skills and the money they need to survive. Therefore, the only way they can get their basic needs is the risky behavior. For example, women have to engage in sexual transactions for commercial

There have been numerous funding allocations and boosts for the HIV/AIDS treatment and vaccines. The Global Fund to fight AIDS was set up to disburse worldwide to control the disease. Countries would apply by submitting proposals and the board will approve to the most needed country. The 2010 Budget allocation to the National Advisory Committee was $500,000 (HIV/AIDS budget allocation, 2009).

All campaigns, programs or intervention initiatives are dependent on the strength and support of stakeholders. In the absence of such cooperative bonds, the achievement of objectives cannot come to fruition. With that said, “one of the most exciting aspects of AAA is the leadership role prominent national non-profits are taking in reaching their communities with life-saving HIV prevention messages” (CDC, 2013, p. 3). Act Against AIDS achieves such results through

One of the most influential problems that is affecting development in Kenya is the lack of education on the subject of human development and the suffering economy. The introductions of fees for treatment resulted in a sharp spread of STD due to the poor economy and lack of awareness. As a result life expectancy dropped, inflammation of STD can damage the spinal cord and brain and prevent your nerve cells from working the way that they should. Neurological complications may result not only from damage caused by the virus itself, but also from other side effects of HIV and AIDS, such as cancers that are associated with these diseases. Not only this, but as a result of the poor economy and access to food, brain development in the womb is affected and as well as lactating women won't be able to provide for their children suffering from lack of nutrition. The goal of our organization is to jumpstart the economy in the poorer parts of the nation in order to create long term stable jobs to allow people to afford food, education, and treatment.