Though our world is advancing at a rapid pace, HIV/AIDS continues to affect our planets population. No cure has been found yet to eradicate HIV/AIDS. A main contributor to the contraction of HIV is unprotected sex. This becomes a global issue because of the lack of education in the majority of the population. We see that the majority of people affected are in the poorest countries of the world. Africa is about 69% of world's deaths it goes to show that lack of education is the main cause. Since most of the population in Africa has never had any education they wouldn't know solutions on how to prevent HIV/AIDS. Another reason that this disease is such a problem is because of the lack of medical care. In these poor countries since there is very little education the access to medical care would be scarce. Both factors go hand in hand with each other and one is not quite effective without the other.
To change this awareness needs to be brought on the issue and become known globally. Unfortunately with the development of HIV/AIDS it has been known because of the increasing deaths. Now that it is considered a global issue it is being focused on more. This awareness should have been brought long ago so that hopefully the increasing rate wouldn't be as high as it is today. A group helping to eradicate HIV/AIDS is UNAIDS. This organization is a branch off of the United Nations.
Their five goals are:
- Leadership and advocacy for effective action on the epidemic;
- Strategic information and technical support to guide efforts against AIDS worldwide ;
- Tracking, monitoring and evaluation of the epidemic and of responses to it ;
- Civil society engagement and the development of strategic partnerships;
- Mobilization of resources to support an effective response
It is sad how many people are affected with HIV/Aids, especially the high numbers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Do you think that the Millenium Development Goals has aided and helped combat the HIV/Aids pandemic?
ReplyDeleteI think another thing that needs to be done is education. Education is a solution for alot of the problem that the world faces and AIDS and diseases are no different. If you educate people on how to have safe sex then the rates would drop drastically.
ReplyDeleteAs I read brittany comment above, she's right education is a huge factor in the solutions. This educated both the female and male in order to not spread HIV/AIDs how to stay protected.
ReplyDeleteSarah, this is a very informative blog post! I think your goals are definitely steps we need to take in order to address and hopefully one day find a cure to this disease. Getting the United Nations involved as much as we can is a very important step too!
ReplyDeletei learned a lot from this post, I agree that more awareness needs to be raised on the subject inorder to protect people from contracting this nasty desease. Protection is key!
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