India 's Population Is Not Illegal

HIV and AIDS have had a great impacted throughout varies countries. As an illness with no none cure, it is essential to promote prevention among those at risk. Thailand’s “No Condom, NO sex: The 100% Condom program” was successful at greatly reducing the cases of new HIV infection cases (Levine, 2007, p.10). Thailand’s program has the advantage to serve as a building block to many other countries experiencing high levels of HIV/AIDS infection, but is limited due to

Of the 35 million people living with HIV in the world, 19 million do not know their HIV-positive status. Adolescent girls and young women account for one in four new HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa. Women are much more vulnerable to HIV, tuberculosis and hepatitis B and C than the general public. Which is supported by this excerpt from a recent AIDSTAR-One regional report “Women and girls often face discrimination in terms of access to education, employment and healthcare. In this region, men often dominate sexual relationships. As a result, women cannot always practice safer sex even when they know the risks involved. Gender-based violence has been identified as a key driver of HIV transmission in the region.” (Ellsberg, Betron 2010) Many children are affected by the disease in a number of ways: they live with sick parents and relatives in households drained of resources due to the epidemic, and those who have lost parents are less likely to go to school or continue their education. Studies in the regions of Southern Africa and South-East Asia have found HIV/AIDS to negatively impact both the demand for and supply of education. Orphaned children are either pulled out of school or not enrolled at all due to the financial constraints of

Poverty, healthcare access, and risk taking behaviors are all among the answer. One in 4 African-American women lives in poverty, and people living in poverty also get lower-quality health care in general. Exchanging sex for drugs, money, or to meet other needs causes the increase HIV risk factors. For woman living in poverty with low quality health care gives the HIV infection to advance into AIDS more quickly. HIV is mostly spread to women through sexual contact. Untreated STDs that break the skin, like genital herpes, give HIV an access into the bloodstream. 23% of African American women were infected with HIV by injection drug use. Being under the influence of any substance can cause woman to have high risk behaviors such as unprotected sex and sharing of injection drug paraphernalia.

Coming from a country that was over 50% HIV and AIDS ridden when I came to the US, reading about sex work is hard for me. You wouldn't be paid for or do sex work there. Sex was free and men demanded it or raped you. You would be called a prostitute and wait for men at fancy hotels. This was frowned upon. There is still tension between some migrant couples where women feel it is OK to be raped beaus that is what happens in their country, and they don't need to report it because otherwise the husband could engage someone who is engaged in sex work.

I think that this approach wouldn’t work in the United Staes because these three countries have a very different culture, that makes the people act or have another reaction when someone has to talk about the prevention of the AIDS, for example, the people in United States feel free about buying condoms that’s why the Brazilian approach of giving condoms in carnivals wouldn’t work, and also the Indian approach of giving the condoms freely in barber shops will be awkward for the americans. Also they can talk with their couples about safe sex and made academic programs of sexual education directed to schools and universities, which would be another reason why the India strategic wouldn’t work.

Lately there have been questions rising with the growing importance of the mandate of legalizing prostitution in India. “While that is certainly not a great solution for the given problems which require more of a paradigm shift in the mindset of people, but given the clandestine nature and no regulation of industry, it would certainly be a step towards damage control.” Legalizing of the profession will at least give a human face to the profession, where

Sexually transmitted disease are everywhere especially when it comes to sex trafficking and brothels. Most people in other counties are not aware of the affects of these sexually transmitted disease due their low level of eduction. One movie example of this is when Monica who lives in the brothel is diagnosed with AIDS. Her lower back was covered with tumors. Unprotected sex with multiple partners is also a factor in the spread of STDS. We see in the movie that they only start insisting that their client wears protection after they find out that Monica has been diagnosed with AIDS. We need to respond to sex trafficking because young children have the potential of getting sexually transmitted disease which could end up being life

Globally a large number of the population is infected with HIV/AIDS each year. According to the Center for Disease Control (2010), women represent about 20% of the estimated 47,500 new HIV infections in the U.S. in 2010. Often we hear of drug use mentioned as one of the potential risk factors of HIV/AIDS transmission, particularly injecting drug use. In 2007, injecting drug use was the third most frequently reported risk factor for HIV infection (Strathdee & Stockman, 2010). Among those

The all-encompassing power of the sex industry has devastated the economic and financial status of women in the developing countries. Governments in the developing world encourage the sex industry due to the profit they gain to pay their countries’ debts, and are uninterested in the women’s well-being.

China’s HIV and AIDS epidemic has mainly affected the drug users in the country due to sharing infected needles but now the increase of sexual transmission of HIV causes great concern for China. The main target of sexual transmission is women. The women in China are at a higher risk than men because they are more vulnerable due to lack of education or have no access to treatment centers. Since China is a heavily populated country, the virus is likely to spread at a faster rate. Migration, sex work, and the education deficit are some social factors of Chinese women’s vulnerability (Thompson). Social changes in China have

The first HIV case was diagnosed in south India before more than 20 years. HIV is serious public health problem among the all age group people. According to National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), projected incidence at around 0.36 percentage. Approximately 2 million to 3.1 million people infected by HIV in India. There are many programmes run by Indian government to control HIV such as Condom Programming,

Another major health policy that India just passed and adopted from the World Health Organization (WHO) is the "Test and Treat Policy for HIV". India has the third largest HIV epidemic in the world and with WHO, India wants to reduce the number people infected with HIV. Currently, 2.1 million are living in HIV in India and 86000 new cases are reported yearly. “The epidemic is concentrated among key affected populations such as sex workers. The vulnerabilities that drive the epidemic are different in different parts of the country.4 the five states with the highest HIV prevalence (Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka) are in the south or east of the country.” ("HIV and AIDS in India", 2017) The new policy allows people to get tested and get the necessary treatment. This policy applies to everyone from all men, women, adolescents and children. This policy will greatly increase the longevity and provide a better quality of life for those ill and hopefully prevent other diseases like Tuberculosis, which

South Africa’s labor supply is negatively affected by incidences of HIV/AIDS because of increased mortality and morbidity. AIDS decreases fertility rates and deaths from the disease ultimately lowers the population and labor force. Workers in key sectors of the economy such as mining and healthcare have been particularly affected. One study done by researchers, (R Elias, University of Botswana, personal communication, 2000), estimated that the mining workforce aged between 30 and 44 would see a decrease from 60% to 15% in 2015. South African Healthcare professionals are also heavily impacted, 20% of student nurses are infected with HIV [2]. There is a dearth of data on HIV prevalence in the public domain but a few studies have been done in high risk sectors like transport and mining.

Culturally sanctioned practices like the system of devadasis,jogins,bhavins etc.which provides a pretext for prostitution should be addressed suitably.(www.azadindia.org)

NACP began in 1987, as an Indian health ministry initiated surveillance taskforce, after the first Indian HIV case was reported. Since then, it has extended its role to provide HIV services (IAVI, 2005; Singh et al., 2005). In 1992, the Indian Health Ministry set up the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) as a separate wing to implement and closely monitor various components of the programme (Singh et al., 2005; NACO, 2015b). Services provided under this programme trickle down to states and districts through their respective AIDS Control Societies supported by non-governmental organisations (NGO). NACP was also responsible for targeted interventions aimed at facilitating behavioural change in HRG communities