African poverty
Problems with Poverty in Africa What is poverty? Poverty is the state of being poor; lack of means of providing material needs or comforts; a deficiency in amount; scantiness. How is Africa been affected by poverty? The challenges facing Africa are daunting. Africa, a continent with im....

Aids
AIDs (1) Nov. 24 An estimated 5.3 million people, including 600,000 children under age 15, became infected with the virus that causes AIDS this year, the World Health Organization said today. For the first time the number of new infections in sub-Saharan Africa stabilized, but that was offset b....

Child prostitution
Most generally, the prostitution of children means that a party other than the child benefits from a commercial transaction in which the child is made available for sexual purposes - either an exploiter which may be known as a pimp, who controls or oversees the childs activities for profit, or an ....

failure of the fight against HIVAIDS in South Africa
1. INTRODUCTION South Africa has been facing a serious HIV/AIDS epidemic. A recent estimate calculated that approximately 345,640 South Africans died in 2006 because of AIDS, accounting for 47% of all deaths in South Africa.# Reports reveal that the number of AIDS-related deaths each year has ri....

HIV AIDS
Background AIDS is acquired immune deficiency syndrome, the final stage of the disease caused by HIV, human immunodeficiency virus. HIV is a rapidly mutating retrovirus that attacks the T4 or T helper cells of the victims immune system leaving them vulnerable to malignancies and infections. Alt....

HIV and AIDS in Canada
It is estimated that everyday in Canada, 11 people are infected with HIV/AIDS. Slowly as this number grows so does the HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination. Due to the lack of education and proper guidance, many Canadians have created false misconceptions about the virus and about th....

HIV Paper
Through my experiences, I knew quite a bit of information about AIDS and HIV. I also learned some new information about the deadly virus. For the longest time I thought AIDS/HIV could be transmitted by saliva. Not from kissing, but I thought that if an AIDS/HIV recipient spat into someones....

HIV/AIDS
More than 40 million people around the globe are infected with HIV/AIDS, which is responsible for more deaths each year than any other infectious disease. The HIV/AIDS epidemic is mostly concentrated in Africa, where the virus has come at enormous human costs. 4.9 million new infections happened in ....

Importance of Sexual Education
SEX IS BAD! JUST SAY NO! YOU WILL GET PREGNANT! PLEASE WAIT! Sound familiar? Today, sexual education classes in the United States are teaching teens the basics: sex is bad, don¡¦t do it until you¡¦re married, be comfortable with your body, you could die from STDs, ect¡K Some would say thes....

Is AIDS taking over the world?
A disease is an abnormality of an animal or plant, caused by a pathogenic organism. Therefore, disease resistance is the ability to withstand the attack of these pathogens and remain virtually unaffected. The disease may be infectious (communicable), caused by invading organisms that live parasitic....

Jamaica Research Paper
Jamaica can be found about four hundred eighty miles south of Florida. It is the third largest island in the Caribbean Sea, smaller than Cuba, and Hispaniola. This Island was a British colony for almost three hundred years, presently it is independent. Jamaica is inhabited by various mou....

Mac Cosmetics
MAC Cosmetics All ages, all races, all sexes, all MAC. This is the motto for one of the fastest growing cosmetics brands in the world, MAC Cosmetics. For MAC artists and MAC customers this motto is not just words it is truly what drives the culture of this amazing Company. At any given t....

Prostitution
ADM J/Wmnst 453 The laws that prohibit the act of prostitution are completely arbitrary and discriminate against the women who choose to engage in consensual sex to make a profit. These laws should be amended, and prostitution should be legalized by decriminalizing the sale of sex in the United ....

Sex Education
Abstract The emphasis about sexual awareness is so important to the youth of this day. It is important that we open the communication line and share with them the facts about sex, being responsible, with emphasis on abstinence. Most teenagers have experience some form of sexual encounter; the....

Sexually transmitted diseases
The world of today is on a fast pace. High price electronics, speedy cars, huge gyms, and large incomes all contribute to the world's hectic lifestyle. All of these amenities can lead to a wonderful, happy, and full life which can make any person feel invincible. Unfortunately there are things i....

The First Teen with AIDS to Speak Out, Fight Back-and Win
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, as many as 10,000 hemophiliacs in the United States were infected with the AIDS virus (Flanders 6). A genetic disorder in the blood system called hemophilia causes the failure of ones blood to clot normally due to a deficiency of one of the clotting factors....

The Western Drug Companies and the AIDS epidemic in South Africa
The Western Drug Companies and the AIDS epidemic in South Africa Which comes first: public health or corporate profits? South Africa is currently experiencing a very severe HIV epidemic. By the end of 2005, there were 5.5 million people living with HIV in South Africa, that is, nearly 1 of 10....

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