Wednesday, May 16, 2012
AIDS and Disease
AIDS and other fatal diseases are ones that have just started occurring in the last 50 years. Though there is no cure for many diseases like AIDS and Cancer, awareness has become the primary tool for support. Run for the cure and pins of Red and Pink are symbols that most of us recognize as AIDS and Breast Cancer. HIV and AIDS particularly effect developing nations as the access to contraceptives and sanitation isn't readily available. This disease leaves children parentless and is a major contributor to poverty. Children are not able to go to school and access education, which is essential to ending the poverty cycle, because they are often left with parental duties due to death. HIV and AIDS is something that has learned to be prevented and in our society rarely leads to death. However, cancer is something that effects us greatly and has an unknown cause but HIV is preventable and we could stop it. Charities and organizations have donated contraceptives to developing nations in order to stop the spread of this disease. I'm not saying we shouldn't continue to raise awareness for cancer but when the availability to prevent HIV/AIDS is available this should be a primary concern.
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You bring up a legitament and valid arguement regarding HIV/Aids being the primary concern. Cancern is a disease that has probably affected a loved one in each of our lives and still requires extensive research. However, HIV/Aids is a disease that is preventable as well, and I agree with you that through raising awareness, it can be stopped.
ReplyDeleteI believe that we should focus on providing medications for diseases that are very easily treatable like cholera or malaria. While HIV/AIDS is treatable, the treatment is much too expensive for many people in developing nations to afford. For this reason I think the focus should be shifted on prevention of HIV/AIDS through awareness and treatment for other diseases where the goal is more achievable. Perhaps finding cheaper ways to distribute malaria shots to the general populous. Charities should focus on giving out these treatments so preventable deaths will stop.
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