poverty and HIV on Sub-Saharan Africa The majority of people currently living with HIV are in Sub-Saharan Africa where this infectious immune disease has had a devastating impact mentally, physically, economically and socially since this pandemic began. Sub-Saharan Africa is about 15% of the worlds population, and it has approximately seventy percent of the people living with HIV. In 2011 there were 23,500,000 people living with HIV, and 1,200,000 annual AIDS deaths. The new HIV infections
involving the addition of a phosphate group to the amino acid tyrosine in host cell, proteins. 3. Based on Chapter 12: Marburg and Ebola Hemorrhagic Fevers (Pages 247 – 268) a. List three countries where pandemic of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever was reported in 2014. (5 points) Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. b. Describe briefly the cultural practices of people in the country you mentioned in part (a) that the scientists suspected of contributing to the spread of this disease. (15 points) In these
times, the later decades of the 20th century has seen a pandemic that is wrecking just as much havoc on the globe- Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) and one in particular- HIV and AIDs. The focus of this paper will explore past interventions using social marketing and Social Network Theory as their foundation to encourage condom usage to prevent the spread of STDs. Public Health Concern In modern times, STDs (such as HIV and AIDs) have wrecked such havoc upon the globe with more than
aligned with the MDGs. However, although Liberia and Sierra Leone had similar health objectives in their PRSPs, the outcomes for both countries are different. Internationally, Liberia was heralded as making the greatest progress in its health status as it had the highest increase of life expectancy in the world (19.7 years) from 1990 to 2012 (WHO 2013). According to Nkwanga (2015), international donors used Liberia’s achievement as proof of success of the aid programs. Sierra Leone on the other hand
of the disease early on and why was the international community slow to respond. It is my view that any developing country (especially fragile, post conflict states) would have struggled with an epidemic of this nature, not just Sierra Leone and Liberia. However, as many fragile states have under-developed health systems, the real questions are: “why are the health systems under-resourced to provide basic primary care” and “why did the global health governing system fail to react in time”? Going
The Liberian Finance Minister has also revised downward the IMF country growth forecast of 5.9%[1]. The panic and confusion could be more disruptive than the disease itself. While one cannot put money value to life, the true economic costs of pandemics are usually way off the mortality figures. For example, the outbreak of a relatively rare disease like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) with 8,273 cases as of 2003, caused just over 800 deaths[2]. But in terms of damage to the global economy
(CIDRAP), a study done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Policy (CDC) on the 2009 Swine Flu outbreak reveals the global death toll to be 284,000 (Roos R, 2014) Although this statistic may not seem as significant to the current AID/HIV pandemic, the lethality of the Swine Flu is far greater, and so is Ebola with a 50% survival rate and an estimated 14 day life expectancy once symptoms onset according to the CDC. Stricter regulations and aggressive countermeasures are needed to combat
Global Epidemic disease 1.Retrospect of the epidemic disease Case1 Aids 1.Aids 2.The cause of Aids and Aids’ human factor 3.The distributing of aids Suggestions for Further Research Relevant UN Action Case2
HIV What is HIV/AIDS? HIV stands for Human immunodeficiency Virus. This virus weakens a person 's ability to fight infections. During HIV infection, the virus attacks and destroys the infection-fighting CD4 cells, a type white blood cell. The loss of CD4 cells makes it difficult to fight infections, and so, one would be most susceptible to any and every illness. A person with the loss of 200 and more CD4 cells is said to have the more advanced stage of the HIV infection, acquired immunodeficiency
Whilst the virus was devastating and the United Nations and several countries stepped in to help, there were lots of misconceptions about Ebola – how it spreads, the symptoms, risks and prevention, and what it would mean if it became a global pandemic. Misconceptions were on some of the following; Ebola is an airborne virus, if you contract Ebola, you’ll die, anyone with the virus is contagious, Someone infected in North America will lead to a worldwide epidemic, being around someone infected