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Since AIDS is an avoidable disease, its prevalence in african countries as well as other third world countries can be reduced considerably if those countries get financial assistance from industrially developed overseas nations.... The researcher of this essay states that United States today have certain obligation to Third World countries on the subject of AIDS, that still remains to be the deadliest disease of the 21st century despite billions of dollars are being spent on treatment....
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To prevent the millions of more deaths that are predicted, governments of african countries need to act.... The problem is that african countries faced with the potentially rapid spread of HIV/AIDS have two options: delay interventions while prevalence rates are still low and intervene only once the epidemic has become visible, or implement comprehensive prevention and treatment programs early on while prevalence rates are still low.... n the other hand, current results and surveys provided by african countries do not reflect the real situation and rates of HIV/AIDS....
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According to the 'African Health Report', and based on its 2002 estimates, '72% of deaths in the african region is caused by communicable diseases such as HIV/aids, tuberculosis, malaria, respiratory infections, other infectious diseases, and complications of pregnancy and childbirth'.... The figure below shows the percentage of HIV prevalence among 15-24-year-olds in selected sub-Saharan african countries in 2001-2003.... t is said that due to numerous infectious diseases plaguing Africa, economic development is hard to achieve thus the african region lags behind another region in terms of human development....
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Five to six million people are expected to die in low- and middle-income countries in the next two years if they do not receive antiretroviral treatment, and less than 10% -- an estimated 400,000 or 7% -- had access to HIV treatment as of December 2003 (UNAIDS, 2004, p.... AIDS is a top health priority worldwide.... Why is that and what are the implications of this to the question of health equity in relation to AIDS treatment in this country?...
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eptospirosis is one of the common bacterial zoonoses posing global public health concerns.... This report "Tropical Disease: Leptospirosis in Africa" discusses a description of Leptospirosis in relation to its ecological and epidemiological factors are given, by also looking at the current global burden of the diseases and standard approaches for its prevention and control in populations....
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The paper "Health Promotion and public health Responses to HIV" is a wonderful example of a term paper on health sciences and medicine.... The paper "Health Promotion and public health Responses to HIV" is a wonderful example of a term paper on health sciences and medicine.... Keep it alive is an african and Caribbean Council on HIV/AIDS in Ontario (ACCHO) initiative created for the Caribbean as well as african people in Ontario in an attempt....
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The main purpose of the paper "public health in Tanzania" is on analysis of public health in Combating HIV in Tanzania and Reduction HIV/AIDS HIV and AIDS, issues in Tanzania and the sub-Sahara Africa, on promoting effective interventions, the rate of infections.... According to the World Health Organization (2010), the public health system in Tanzania has launched a national HIV/AIDS treatment and care program.... In order for the public health to be effective in creating a positive change in the intervention of HIV/AIDS, it needs to collaborate with different bodies that are spearheading reduction of infection in sub-Saharan Africa....
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HIV infection rates in Tanzania are among the highest in the african continent.... This report "HIV/AIDS as a National public health Priority in Tanzania " analyses a progressive decrease in infection rates, a notable achievement in the fight against HIV.... Perhaps, it is this consideration that the Tanzanian government has made HIV AIDS a national public health priority.... Effective control of the HIV/AIDS pandemic requires a two-front battle, which emphasizes both prevention and cure....
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