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ccording to medical news today, HIV/AIDS is a massive problem in developing countries; around 6.4 million people are infected with HIV in Africa. This number is sad because in 1990 WHO reported only 386 cases in South Africa. There has been an Antiretroviral (ART) developed, and this made the life expectancy of those suffering of AIDs raise to 60 years. This sounds like a major improvement, and it is, but in South Africa, the cost of treatment will be too much for their national health budget in just a few years. The number of people with HIV/AIDs is rising at a rate the budget cannot keep up with. It is said that prevention is key in reducing the number of people with HIV, and therefore reducing the economic pressures. Although we have had many developments in the HIV/AIDs field, it is predicted that it will remain a major problem in South Africa for many more generations (
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The enterovirus has been around for a very long time, and in the United States alone, 10 to 15 million people are infected by it yearly. The virus is most common in the late summer and early fall, and most people experience typical cold symptoms. There is a strain of the virus called D68, and recently, it has been sending children to hospitals. 472 children have been sent to the hospital, and most of the children have asthma or other breathing problems. The virus was found in four children that have died. It might also be linked to a neurological illness that has arisen in Colorado, Boston, and Michigan. It caused limb weakness, cranial nerve dysfunction, and abnormalities in spinal gray matter. Some children have even developed partial paralysis in their lower limbs. This virus can be potentially dangerous to children with breathing issues, and the best way to prevent it is to wash your hands thoroughly, make sure to take your asthma medication, avoid touching your face with dirty hands, and disinfect commonly used items(http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/01/health/enterovirus-68-death/index.html?hpt=he_c2).
In my environment bundle, we have been talking about how children living in poverty have high odds of developing asthma because of the amount of pollutants they are exposed to. If children with asthma are more likely to be sent to the hospital because of D68, then it would be reasonable to assume children in poverty are in greater danger. Since most families in poverty do not have enough money to pay for hospital bills, they might wait to take their child in to receive medical attention, increasing the severity of their case. Those that do take their child in to receive medical attention will be stuck paying bills with money they do not have, and they will be forced to live in poverty for even longer. The longer a family lives in poverty, the more stress they experience, raising their odds of chronic illnesses. This virus can do quite a bit of damage to a family. |