issues, mentally and physically. Recreational drugs are addictive and would make the individual become addicted. Addicted would lead to lot other problems and sickness. Using recreational drugs through sharing of needles would spread diseases like HIV/AIDS and hepatitis. Making the recreational drugs legal would do more good to the poplution as a whole. Making it legal would means loss of profit for the drug lord and drug cartel. Which would
fixing global issues, like HIV/AIDS, then why do many continents, such as Africa, not use education as an ethical way to break the cycle of serious health epidemics? HIV/AIDS is one of the biggest health issues the world faces today, but particularly Africa has the largest epidemic rate. In the article by author Kristien Michielsen, she states that “in 2010, 70% of the new HIV infections occurred in sub-Saharan Africa. This part of the world host two thirds of all HIV- positive people, while it is
Limitations in Acquiring Data The current data surrounding HIV rates in transgender women are inadequate for several reasons. First, due to an unequal number of studies from each country, the international data reports are merely estimates and are most likely not generalizable to all transgender populations across the world. Next, the sampling methods that have been used, may have resulted in an oversampling of transgender women who are sex workers as these specific populations tend to congregate
HIV and AIDS have affected millions of people throughout the world. Since 1981, there have been 25 million deaths due to AIDS involving men, women, and children. Presently there are 40 million people living with HIV and AIDS around the world and two million die each year from AIDS related illnesses. The Center for Disease Control estimates that one-third of the one million Americans living with HIV are not aware that they have it. The earliest known case of HIV was in 1959. It was discovered in a
project, we wanted to see how much the average high school student knew about HIV/AIDS- ourselves having minimal knowledge of the disease. In order to do so, we created a quiz and charted the results. After reviewing the results of the quiz, we realized that this ISP is giving us the platform to inform and enlighten ourselves and others of this serious global phenomenon. The quiz consisted of basic questions regarding HIV/AIDS and the ratio of correct to incorrect answers was mostly even with a few
countries in North America and Europe. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is an umbrella term for three subtypes of crimes committed against women as a part of various coming of age rituals for young girls in certain patriarchal communities in Africa, spreading through
HIV Prevention in Sexually Active Youth HIV, which stands for Human Immunodeficiency virus, is a disease that attacks and destroys the body’s T-Cells while using them to make copies of itself (What is HIV/AIDS). Normally, T-cells send signals to the immune system, alerting it to the presence of bacteria or viruses (CD4 Count). Unfortunately, unlike other viruses that the immune system protects us against, the immune system is unable to defeat the HIV Over the infected person’s lifespan
AIDS/HIV first originated in Kinshasa, Africa during the 1920s: the time of the Great Revolution. Kinshasa had many routes that linked to other parts of the world which may help explain the disease spreading like a wildfire. AIDS/HIV began to spread through Sub-Saharan Africa mostly through heterosexual sex: the diseases main route of transmission. Then it ate up more of Africa until it began reaching other parts of the world. Another are reporting AIDS/HIV was Brazzaville, The Republic of Congo
Throughout time, scientists have discovered new ways to help save lives and help people live longer, but this causes a major problem around the world. Birth rates are almost double to that of the death rates, and the earth’s population is reaching the seven billion mark. Continents everywhere worry about what is to come with the rising population because it is causes many resources to deplete and diseases to spread. These very problems are already occurring on the continent of Africa.. In Africa
blood-borne diseases such as HIV/AIDs, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. These programs are often controversial because they provide injection drug users with the means to use illicit drugs. Syringe exchange programs are based on the concept of harm reduction. It would be beneficial to advocate for syringe programs within Canada because they provide Canada with important services needed to protect public health. Syringe exchange programs can help to decrease the number of HIV infections among drug injection