HIV/AIDS Public Health Policies: A Comparison Between South Africa and Cuba
[2023-06-13 12:58:54]
HIV / AIDS continues to be a current public health problem in all countries of the world. Research is helping to promote viral education and treatment, but it is still difficult to solve this public health problem in some parts of the world. Among all the developing countries, South Africa is one of the countries with the highest percentage of people living with HIV / AIDS, but the population of Cuba has the lowest percentage of people living with HIV. In this article we discuss and compare public health policy of South Africa and Cuba on treatment, prevention and infection.
In order to understand the influence of HIV / AIDS on South Africa it is important to pay attention to its lifestyle and its history before viruses occur unfortunately. In fact, since the colonial era, South Africa has suffered from disease and medical problems, but the government's response to these epidemics far exceeds HIV / AIDS. In the Dutch colonial period of the 17th century, there were small varieties, malaria, famine, and various other health problems. It was followed by malnutrition during tuberculosis, syphilis, bubonic plague, yellow fever, parasites and British colonialism of the 19th century (Coovadia et al., 2009). Therefore, various measures are being implemented, such as the "Public Health Law" (1883: need for smallpox vaccine) and the "Public Health Law Amendment Law" (1897: prevention and treatment separation). 2009). The problem of HIV / AIDS is not unique in its kind, but rather in its size.
HIV / AIDS is a major public health problem, causing death in many parts of Africa. The Africa continent accounts for approximately 15.2% of the world's population, but two-thirds of the world's infected population (about 35 million people) are Africans, of which 15 million have died. In 2011, only Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, accounts for 70% of all AIDS deaths, accounting for 69% of the total HIV infected population. In most affected sub-Saharan Africa countries, AIDS has resulted in increased mortality and shortened average life expectancy for adults. 20 and 49 are about 20 years old. Furthermore, due to HIV / AIDS epidemics, the average life expectancy has been decreasing in many parts of Africa, and in some countries the average life expectancy will be as long as 34 years.
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