Disease and Immigration (HIV/AIDS)

Disease and Immigration (HIV/AIDS)
Chelsea Thompson – 11-21-2008 – 5:15 PM
This is basically a look at the numbers of people being affected by HIV/AIDS. Over 25 million people have died from AIDS since its first discovery in the 1980’s. Over 65 million people have been infected, and almost 40 million people are currently living with AIDS worldwide. People with HIV/AIDS are more likely to pick up TB – 6 times more likely to be specific. 90 percent of the world’s infected children live in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Botswana, 1/3-1/4 of the population lives with the disease. This is a really scary fact in my opinion. 1 out of 4 people in that country are living with HIV/AIDS – that’s a really big number if you really think about it. 5.3 million People are infected alone in South Africa. This means that South Africa is one of the worst affected areas in the world – only rivaling Nigeria and India. There is a light at the end of the tunnel however. Global funding for preventative medicine has tripled and celebrities are doing all they can to raise awareness. The only problem is that finding a vaccine to fight off the disease is proving to be nearly impossible. I think that the numbers of infected people is a scary thing. People need to be more aware of what they are doing and of the possible consequences of their actions before they engaged in potentially dangerous activities. If this happens, then the spread of this disease could be controlled, if not stopped completely.
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