A
woman named Ms.Namata living in Kampala, Uganda gets her breast examined by a
doctor because she has an abnormally large tumor that she admits to having for
4 years but never got it checked out. Having such large tumors is unfortunately
not a rare occurrence in this no developed country. This happens because the
women living in Uganda don’t have the proper health care or resources to be
physically checked out to make sure they are keeping themselves in healthy
standings. Public health experts increasingly say that these poor and
undeveloped countries need to be able to improve the treatment of cancer since
it is such a common issue. Worldwide, at least 7.6 million people die each year
from some type of cancer and 70 percent of those people who die are from poor
or moderate-income countries., according to the World Health Organization. The
trouble with cancer is that people cannot afford the chemotherapy to make them
or their loved ones better so they end up dying and not being able to do
anything about their sickness.
The
impact of the initial diagnosis of breast cancer, culture, religion, and
psychological aspects of this disease are not well established. Having breast
cancer comes with many different emotions so as Americans we cant even imagine
being in that situation where there is no help for us from a doctor. It is very
devastating when we as Americans cant really do too much to help people in
Uganda that get diseases that we can cure on a regular basis. If people in
Uganda can get better health care and resources from other countries then they
can get the treatment they need to cure their diseases. This also comes with
the lack of education in Uganda being that it is in Africa and many children
and adults in Africa don’t have a proper education. If they got more educated
teachers to teach the children math, science, and reading then their country
would be more knowledgeable about health issue and how they can solve them.
Kaley Stapleton
October 18, 2013
4:25pm
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