1.1 INTRODUCTION
There is no doubt that the HIV and AIDS epidemic has had a devastating influence on Africa, especially in my community of Qumbu. The AIDS epidemic has killed more lives than the sum total of all wars, famines and floods, and the ravages of deadly diseases as Malaria. It is destroying families in my community, overwhelming and depleting health care services. The AIDS epidemic influence in my community is significant ways should developed to reduce its effect. (Abdool Karim and Abdool Karim 2010)
1.2 HIV AND AIDS IN MY COMMUNITY
A few years ago, a lot would have not estimated the current state of the HIV and AIDS pandemic in society. As the world have entered a third decade with high HIV prevalence rates in many countries and the likelihood of an effective vaccine, or even widespread accessibility of therapeutic medication, still at its lowest, many millions more are likely to die from HIV and AIDS pandemic than have died in the past years. This fact, together with increasing stress on health infrastructures and insufficient institutional support for social services, means that poor community such as Qumbu are likely to be under enormous strain as they attempt to cope with the consequences of AIDS morbidity and mortality not to mention the burden future generations will most likely have to bear in dealing with the pandemic. Without excluding the psychological and social strain, the rise in HIV infections and AIDS deaths among adults in their prime has implications for the public financing of services for the elderly population, from health care to their pensions to welfare. The death of adults in their prime lives the following generation struggling to cope, as they are left without the required knowledge for su...
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...admitting them into institutions or hospitals. Although this has led to a rise in demand made for already scarce recourses in poor my communities. The most noticeable impact on communities is the risen burden posed by both young and old resulting from AIDS deaths. HIV and AIDS has compromised the obligation that has held parents responsible for their children and expects children to return the favour when their parents age. Those who are left behind are often not only affected by HIV and AIDS but could be left infected with the virus. In such a situation the community is expected to step in and ‘adopt’ the young and old into their care. The increasing burden of care in my community as the productive members also bread winners in the community are dying and leaving behind young and the elderly is often carried by the female members of society. (Fourie & Meyer, 2010)
Although the sub-Saharan region accounts for just 10% of the world’s population, 67% (22.5 million) of the 33.4 million people living with HIV/AIDS in 1998 were residents of one of the 34 countries of sub-Saharan Africa, and of all AIDS deaths since the epidemic started, 83% have occurred in sub-Saharan Africa (Gilks, 1999, p. 180). Among children under age 15 living with HIV/AIDS, 90% live in sub-Saharan Africa as do 95% of all AIDS orphans. In several of the 34 sub-Saharan nations, 1 out of every 4 adults is HIV-positive (UNAIDS, 1998, p. 1). Taxing low-income countries with health care systems inadequate to handle the burden of non-AIDS related illnesses, AIDS has devastated many of the sub-Saharan African economies. The impact of AIDS on the region is such that it is now affecting demographics - changing mortality and fertility rates, reducing lifespan, and ultimately affecting population growth.
Gilbert, L. S. (2009). Society, Health and Disease in a Time of HIV/AIDS. South Africa: Pan Macmillan.
The author mentions a few key take away main points. First of all, solutions must address the underlying causes of HIV risk among women. This mainly includes poverty and disempowerment because women in lower living standar...
Illness such as AIDS impacts the economics because a person who is unwell is unable to work, it reduces the opportunity to have access to food, adequate housing and clothing due to limited income. SA is known to have the highest number of people affected with HIV, the study by Lou, Chen, Yu, Li & Ye states that the difference in the incidence and prevalence of HIV might be mainly due to economic instability and other factors. Although SA is a developed country in terms of its infrastructure, it is also a country with a major social and economic problems. In SA females affected are denied employment which leads to their loss of income. As income plays an important role in an individual when women with the loss of their income as a result of their sickness they are majorly impacted. The loss of income limits access to adequate housing, health care, and literacy and so this could lead to death as they unable to afford their treatments to maintain their
The primary objective of the research project is to understand how to reach young people across America, due to the fact that HIV and AIDS is increasing among women of color and gay men under the age of 25 in the United States according to AIDSACTION.org, the national voice on AIDS. The rise in numbers of young people, especially those of color, contracting HIV/AIDS has raised much concern in the United States. For African-Americans, AIDS is still a leading cause of death and it is the leading cause of death for African-American women.
By the year 2000, 58 million people have been infected by HIV/AIDS and alarming numbers such as 22 million would have already died. And the epidemic continues to spread. HIV/AIDS historically is considered to be one of the longest running worldwide epidemics that we have ever seen, and figures cannot be placed on the true death tolls or estimation of the damage as the cycle still is yet to reach an end (Whiteside 2002). With Africa being the worst hit continent in the world in terms of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the severity of it’s prevalence; one can only begin to question whether HIV/AIDS and poverty and directly connected or the inter-linkages exacerbate one or the other. This paper aims to argue that HIV/AIDS is a manifestation of poverty, and simultaneously poverty contributes to growing HIV/AIDS epidemic. Development in response both to poverty reduction and to HIV/AIDS is complicated when both have multi-dimensional and multi-faceted impacts on a society, whether it be social, economic or human development impacts. This paper will argue that pre-existing socio economic conditions within a country such as high levels of poverty, poor sanitation, malnutrition, environmental degradation and poor public healthcare systems and limited access to preventative care are crucial factors in contributing to the transfer of the infection (Pasteur: 2000, Mann: 1999).
Over 33 million people around the world have AIDS (“Global Statistics.”). The disease, caused by the virus HIV, attacks the immune system, which is meant to protect your body from illness. Currently, there is no cure for AIDS, and 25 million have lost their lives due to it. AIDS is a serious issue affecting many people around the world today as they struggle with the disease, research for medicines, and attempt to reduce new infections
This article focuses on the collaboration of private and public partners to address and aid the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Brunne states that the success of these partnerships is dependent and influenced by the make-up of society. One thing that can have a major lasting impact on society is its history. In this case, the society's apartheid past plays a big role in the ability of public and private partners to come together and respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This will be a good source to reference in my paper as I'm explaining the steps being taken to eradicate or at least slow down the spreading of this devastating epidemic.
The lack of resources is an all-encompassing facet of a lowered likelihood of HIV survival that includes issues with healthcare access, transportation access, and funding for HIV intervention. Issues with access to healthcare not only include with the inability to reach healthcare facilities, but also includes individuals are uninsured or underinsured. One’s quality and level of insurance can dictate the amount and quality of care an individual receives. Also, issues with access to transportation is tied to healthcare access. Many times people in low SES communities are found without a means of transportation. This lack of transportation not only prevents individuals from gaining access to healthcare, but also prevents individuals from achieving other tasks, such as obtaining employment, education, and food security (Needle, et al.,
The purpose of this paper is to exam a Healthy People 2020 health topic. This paper will discuss HIV; human immunodeficiency virus. This paper will assess, interpret, justify, evaluate and appraise HIV disease, its history, health statistics, preventive measures, the role of the nurse and finally an appraisal of the health programs and availability of supportive care.
To decrease HIV transmission and to minimise the impact of the epidemic, on children, young people and families, through the growing effectiveness of national action to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the East of Asia and the Pacific regions. They aim to provide practical support and aid at community level, encouraging the full engament of people affected by HIV/AIDS.
From the moment scientists identified HIV and AIDS, social responses of fear, denial, stigma and discrimination have accompanied the epidemic. Discrimination has spread rapidly, fuelling anxiety and prejudice against the groups most affected, as well as those living with HIV or AIDS. It goes without saying that HIV and AIDS are as much about social phenomena as they are about biological and medical concerns. Across the world the global epidemic of HIV/AIDS has shown itself capable of triggering responses of compassion, solidarity and support, bringing out the best in people, their families and communities. But the disease is also associated with stigma, repression and discrimination, as individuals affected (or believed to be affected) by HIV have been rejected by their families, their loved ones and their communities. This rejection holds as true in the rich countries of the north as it does in the poorer countries of the south.
A country once in denial now has it’s South African political leaders addressing the disease that is slowing killing their population The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) which evolves into acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is affecting South Africa socially as well as economically. This disease is also leaving over a million and a half children orphaned. Most of these children are not only orphaned but living with the virus as well.
AIDS is a disease that is transmitted easily through unprotected sexual intercourse, sharing of needles, blood transfusion, and childbirth. Without proper knowledge and equipment, it is very difficult to prevent the spread of AIDS. Ever since the illness was discovered thirty years ago, it has taken the lives of thirty million people and affected the lives of many, many more. The AIDS pandemic has been and still is most severe in third-world countries in sub-Saharan Africa. It has impacted the economies of entire nations by crippling and killing individuals in the most productive years of their lives (“HIV/AIDS”). AIDS greatly influences the government sector, agricultural sector, private corporations, and individual households. Among those impacts, the impact on households is the most significant and severe. This paper will discuss the various ways AIDS affects families and the most effective ways of solving this issue.
...ile the pandemic will absolutely leverage the rate of financial development, structural alterations are furthermore expected to be one of the prime economic hallmarks of the AIDS pandemic (Arndt 427-449). The effect of the HIV/AIDS epidemic can be visualized by the overwhelming change in mortality rate of South Africans. The yearly number of mortalities from HIV increased distinctly between the years 1997, when about 316,559 people died, and 2006 when an estimated 607,184 people died ("HIV AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA"). Those who are currently assuming the burden of the increase in mortality rate are adolescents and young adults. Virtually one-in-three females of ages 25-29, and over 25% of males aged 30-34, are currently living with HIV in South Africa (UNAIDS). The good news, thanks to better supply of ARV treatment, is that life-expectancy has risen vastly since 2005.