V kill large amount of people each year and what little funding the African government have for immunisations gets ploughed into these two diseases. .
Development of a vaccine is not just a case of what funding is available, the main part of producing the vaccine for the African nations was to firstly do primary research to see what strain of the disease is present. This can take a lot of funding as Africa is a big country and the price of travelling alone can put up the cost. As for the development of the drug this is done in the private sector by the big drug companies, so therefore the price for the drug is set by them although it may be heavily funded by the World Bank. .
"One and a half million pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa are HIV-positive. Most of their children either will be born HIV-positive or will be infected as babies through breastfeeding. About 200 in every 1,000 babies will die before their fifth birthday - wiping out 20 years of gradual reduction in child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. In industrialized countries, only about seven babies of every 1,000 die before age five."(voanews.com) .
This is a chilling fact and one that can clearly affect the whole African nation in way of population size, death rate, birth rate and average age. It can clearly be seen how aids and HIV have an affect on a community. The important thing to look at now is how these people are being affected by the lack of funding which is being held back from them and h . .
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AIDS Death is a normal and inevitable part of everyone's life. ... A virus called HIV causes AIDS: Human Immunodeficiency Virus. ... Including me, I do not have the slightest idea what people living with AIDS go through. I can still remember the first time I heard about AIDS. ... I was 14 years old and nobody had told me what AIDS was. ...
In 1986, 53 adolescents were reported with AIDS. ... Today, AIDS is recognized as the fifth most common cause of death among people ranging from ages 14-24 years (A Decade of Denial: Teens and AIDS in America, 1992). ... This is because there is currently no cure for AIDS. ... There is no current cure for AIDS, so someone with AIDS knows they will die soon. ... The idea of promoting abstinence and focusing on the prevalence of AIDS is a good one. ...
Politicians play a big role in helping find a cure for AIDS because they play a big role in funding laboratories and scientists. ... Defends AIDS Spending, Urges more form Europe, the money issue about AIDS funding is brought up and how much should be given to the fund. Tommy Thompson defended his view on the contribution to fight against AIDS and urges European countries to help with the planned funding. ... The United Sates also encourages countries all around the world to contribute to the AIDS fund and help out with the search for the cure of the AIDS. People with AIDS can also be c...
Riley AIDS Carlos was a really smart boy who always enjoyed reading and writing. ... All this is just because of this horrible disease called AIDS. ... One cause of people contracting AIDS is blood transmission. ... Another example of what causes you to get AIDS is having unprotected sex. ... Works Cited HIV/AIDS November 29, 2002, March 4, 2003 http://www.walgreens.com/library/topics/AIDS.jhtml How at risk are you of contracting AIDS? ...
AIDS and The Nurse AIDS is not about culture, gender, or sexual preference. ... Society must educate people, especially teens and young adults, that there is no cure for AIDS. ... AIDS and the HIV virus pose special challenges for nurses. Casual, everyday contact with an AIDS infected person does not expose anyone to AIDS, but for nurses the challenges are many. ... AIDS requires a level of training for nurses that are unique. ...
The second is written by Jayson Blair and is called Healthy Skepticism and the Marketing of AIDS. ... I believe this is the attitude is common among AIDS sufferers. ... The next article is called Healthy Skepticism and the Marketing of AIDS, by Jayson Blair. ... Just because we are talking about AIDS and HIV that doesn't mean we cannot understand. ... The ads are misleading not only to those who suffer from AIDS, but also the general public. ...
AIDS has taken many lives in the short time it has been around. ... One of the only diseases comparable to the bubonic plague is AIDS. ... Now when people discover someone has AIDS, they try keep away from the AIds victims, out of fear. ... With AIDS, most people who get AIDS don't ever know they have it untill they are dieing. ... The public awareness campaign has created a lot of funding for AIDS and AIDS awareness. ...
AIDS has killed more Americans than the Vietnam War, which killed 58,000(AIDS Understanding 10). ... You don't catch AIDS, you catch HIV. HIV is the virus that leads to AIDS. ... There are two viruses that cause AIDS. ... The third and final stage is AIDS. ...
Powell called HIV/AIDS. ... It's called HIV/AIDS." ... Bush asked the US Congress to commit fifteen billion dollars for AIDS related research and support, including ten billion dollars in new funds, to fight HIV/AIDS in the most affected countries in Africa and the Caribbean. ... While this is good news, any vaccine for HIV/AIDS is still years from being available to the public. ... No AIDS vaccine has yet done this. ...
There are thousands of Egyptians living with AIDS and they have no clue that they have the AIDS virus (http://www.aegis.com). Many of the people in Egypt do not know how to treat people with AIDS and they do not know how to act towards AIDS patients. ... The group that does know what AIDS is, do not know how to treat AIDS patients. ... He was even fired by his job because he has AIDS. ... Sometimes people don't get tested for AIDS because they are unaware of what AIDS is. ...
