Tuberculosis In Rwanda

Rosy Turcios Ms. Kelly Lepsig English lV 31 March 2015 Should U.S help Africa? Aren’t you scared of Ebola? Or the fact diseases can be brought towards our family? Even though helping Africa would be great knowing the facts many other countries could use a hand also. Plus Africa is full of bunch of diseases that could kill us and separate us. I believe money cannot buy happiness, but can buy food, shelter but can buy the opportunity for those who can not find themselves a chance at something better than nothing. There are those in society that struggle and need some assistance when there is no alternatives for care.

1. Provide an overall summary of your original proposal. What global health issues did you value, and how did you plan to address them? (1 paragraph) Growing up in Rwanda which is one of the sub-Saharan country, I was exposed to know things happening in my country or anywhere else

Although volunteers for Medecins Sans Frontiers are commonly stationed in various countries with a dire healthcare worker shortage, regions with refugee camps and internally displaced persons are also a focus for this organization. Refugees and internally displaced persons often come from war torn regions and live in close confines with poor sanitation and limited resources. These living situations become a breeding ground for diseases and other health issues like malnutrition, yet the individuals lack access to any sort of healthcare. The organization also responds quickly when regions suddenly experience an increased need for healthcare, for example in times of an epidemic or a natural disaster. Medecins Sans Frontiers’ involvement across its varying regions and their attempt to address a broad spectrum of healthcare truly show how altruistic the organization is to individuals regardless of race, gender, or religion.

world countries health concerns can include, starvation, dehydration, and disease. Contaminated water diseases alone account for more than three million deaths each year. We help Africa by

In response to the recent failure of the international community to prevent the famine crisis in the Horn of Africa since July 2011, Suzanne Dvorak the chief executive of Save the Children wrote that, “We need to provide help now. But we cannot forget that these children are wasting away in a disaster that we could - and should - have prevented” she added, “The UN estimates that every $1 spent in prevention saves $7 in emergency spending.” (Dvorak, 2011).

luxuries. They are plagued with disease, contaminated water, and starvation on top of extreme poverty. But, if disease is everywhere--why has it hit Africa the hardest? Well, without the funds necessary to supply medical help, disease in Africa is exponential , much

Abstract Tuberculosis is a deadly disease that is now affecting our world and the people living in it in a horrible way. Due to many factors such as poverty, HIV/AIDS, and lack of health care, many third world and developing countries have been left very vulnerable to tuberculosis. It is affecting a large part of these countries and is leading them deeper into poverty and sickness. The effort to help these countries against tuberculosis has only been slightly effective against this widespread and destructive disease.

First of all, one billion people lack health care. Many of those people are born in third world countries, they cannot afford health care. Those people are dying of diseases that can easily be prevented with medicine. For example, Malaria, tuberculosis, and acute lower-respiratory infections. Also, those people need my help

In 1994 in Rwanda, Doctorw without Borders supports the nation and fights a project against the biggest cholera epidemic in existence.

Introduction: This research paper will focus on the social determinant of health involving access to clean water. We have focused our research on the accessibility of safe water intake on First Nations Reserves in Canada, we all know of the issues with limited access to safe water in other countries but

world countries health concerns can include, starvation, dehydration, and disease. Contaminated water diseases alone account for more than three million deaths each year. We help Africa by

Often times, people in third world countries face health problems that are not experienced in first and second world countries. Diseases that do not exist in the countries such as the US anymore are still some of the leading problems in poor nations. Professor Susan Craddock from the department of Gender, Woman and Sexuality studies gave a presentation that focused on Tuberculosis, which is falls into a category of diseases called “neglected diseases”. They are called neglected because the development of vaccines and drugs to cure the diseases has decreased to about nothing. The market for these drugs is not lucrative enough for pharmaceutical companies in higher income countries to invest in research. Since the low income countries do not have the resources to carry out research for these drugs the number of neglected disease-related deaths has increased. I found the presentation interesting and enlightening especially because I am interested in the pharmaceutical field. In response to the neglected diseases, different organizations have come together to research and develop vaccines and drugs that can treat these diseases.

Most people in those countries don’t even have enough clothes. According to the Lost Boys videos, they needed donated clothes. People everyday are dying from starvation and diseases. They don’t have the medication they need to survive diseases. We need to help this problem before more and more people are dying. If we don’t do something, the diseases will keep spreading so more and more people will be dying. More and more people will be starving as well.

One specific case of this is in Guatemala, where poverty rates and malnutrition numbers are high. Here, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Mercy Corps, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., and Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS), are joining forces together to improve the lives of small-scale farmers and their families. This alliance, also called, Inclusive Market Alliance for Rural Entrepreneurs (IMARE), is in favor of the “Zero Hunger Pact”, which is to lower the high rates of poverty and malnutrition. The alliance not only supports the small-scale farmers, but advocates on their behalf. IMARE believes they should receive better chances in the market-economy. There have been changes made because of this demand and an increase in the farmers’ household food security has come forth. This shows that this is the right route and that Mercy Corps wants to continue being a part of this alliance and support the farmers in Guatemala. With that being said, there is still a lot to be done in the health area. However, without the public health help given by Mercy Corps, there may be no people to offer aid to. (Regional Business News, audio, 2012)

The answer continues to present itself to us – education. If we stressed learning in poor countries and communities as much as we do in our first world countries today the world would begin to change. Investing in less intense long term assistance will do more for these countries in the long run. As a society, we still have yet to grasp that concept. Mission trips often travel to different areas and build homes for those that are underprivileged, which seems like a harmless and easy way to help out. However, often by