Financial aid

Introduction Mujeres Unidas Contra el SIDA (Women United Against AIDS) was founded in 1994 and has been a well-established non-profit AIDS service organization (ASO) for the last twelve years. The agency obtained 501(c) 3 status in the year 2000 and receives most of its funding from the Ryan White foundation. Other funding comes from private foundations and fundraising. Mujeres is located on the bus line, close to other ASOs, in downtown San Antonio. The agency has a very small staff of 6, but…

In the Shadow of Ebola is an observatory documentary that focuses on the lives in Liberia under the deadly Ebola attack. Concerning the film’s title, the word “Shadow” implies the serious Ebola leaves problems like deaths, hunger and social disturbances in the vulnerable Liberia. In fact, daily lives’ problems of citizens in different stages of the spread of disease are also addressed. Subjective this first-person narration may be, viewing the event from Urey’s family perspective could be one of…

HIV/AIDS is an epidemic that has highlighted the global nature of human health leading to a trend both politically, economically, and socially towards getting solutions to the health challenges. Public health has released many improvements and is rooted in political leadership and science together. The global response to AIDS has been highly politicized. Political action on AIDS has been an opportunity to correct underlying injustices and mobilize real politics momentum on issues such as gay…

Gross Domestic Product grew by 8.1%. Even with impressive growth throughout the years Mozambique to plagued by the disease that has claimed so many lives. With an aggressive public awareness campaign the promoted use of condoms will help eradicate HIV/AIDS in Mozambique. The history of Mozambique is a troubled one. For the first five hundred years of inception Mozambique was an imperial colony of the Portuguese empire. After official borders were drawn in the scramble of Africa the Portuguese…

HIV/AIDS is a very serious, life-threatening, and almost entirely preventable disease. With increased education and awareness, we can continue to decrease the number of new cases each year, encourage all to become knowledgeable about the disease and get tested, and bring attention and care to current HIV/AIDS patients. One of the most at-risk groups to become infected with HIV/AIDS is young adults, who made up 39 percent of all new infections and 15 percent of all people living with AIDS as of…

The HIV and AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa is the most serious in the world. It is estimated that as many as 24.7 million people were living with HIV in 2013. This extraordinary large number is approximately 71% of the total global epidemic. Approximately one million of these people with HIV will die each year and another 1.5 million will become infected. Although HIV is a problem in all of Sub-Saharan Africa, some countries have higher numbers than others. The most severely affected…

transmitted as a direct result of a blood transfusion. Beginning in the 1970’s there was an increase in government assistance to Africa from societies such as the WHO and League of the Red Cross. These groups primary focus was directly related to financial support for increase supply of blood products, and not related to the risks associated with the screening and transfusion process. In the mid-1980’s in Africa, the direct concerns were never linked to the discovery of HIV, but the lack of…

infection is acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It can take 10-15 years for an HIV-infected person to develop AIDS; antiretroviral drugs can slow down the process even further.” (World Health Organization, WHO) HIV/AIDS is a sexually transmitted disease (STD). A person infected with HIV has to live with it all their lives as it is still currently incurable. In all but a very small number of cases, HIV/AIDS damages an individual’s…

available, when the potential harm to subjects receiving no treatment is not serious or irreversible. For this reason, conducting placebo-controlled studies for life-threatening diseases in developing countries is considered unethical. The example of the AIDS trials, is one of the known cases that has heightened ethical concerns. In 1997, controversy arose over a series of placebo-controlled trials, aimed to find a treatment to lower the rate of maternal-to-infant transmission of HIV in…

I. HIV/AIDS have you heard of it? The unfortunate tragedy of HIV/AIDS haunts many innocent people with unwanted symptoms. Gifts are supposed to be good, right? Well not in this case HIV/AIDS comes with a lot of unwanted gifts that are threatening life. II. Alicia keys helps children and their families in battling HIV and AIDS through the charitable organization “Keep a Child Alive,” which she co-founded and serves as a Global Ambassador for. The KCA foundations purpose is to help prevent HIV…