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 이름:바라
2002/7/14(일)
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 원문] AIDS와 말라리아와의 관계
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http://www.ctrlaltesc.org
Malaria threatens 40% of the worlds' population, which translates to
approximately 2.5 billion people. It has appeared as a pandemic
throughout the world, but the threat is most evident on the African
continent, where it has become a killer disease, claiming millions of
lives and subjecting millions more to abject poverty. Malaria is one
of the greatest public health challenges facing most of Africa today.
It kills hundreds of thousands of people a year, sometimes cripples
its' victims and, macro-economically, bleeds the nations' coffers
dry. However, across the countries of sub-Saharan Africa, a total of
23 million adults and children are estimated to be living with HIV or
AIDS. This is approximately eight percent of the total population in
the region. Which presents the African governments with a moral
dilemma; which killer disease should they fight - HIV/AIDS or
Malaria?
The trend is already visible, as according to the WHO, half of all
new HIV infections are occurring among young people, who are unaware
of HIV/AIDS, and as stubborn facts point out that sub-Saharan Africa
has the highest HIV prevalence in the world. Furthermore, studies
indicate that young people in developing countries still have far too
little knowledge about HIV/AIDS and how it is transmitted. Another
interesting, recently unearthed fact, indicates that fewer than 5% of
the people who need treatment for AIDS, in the developing world, have
access to the medicines they need. All in all, the statistics paint a
bleak picture concerning the global, or more correctly, the African
battle against the indiscriminate killer - AIDS.
However, in some areas of Africa, with more than 80% of children
infected with the malaria parasite, governments can do little but to
fight off a two-pronged attack. The fight against malaria has proved
an extremely expensive one, with the parasite quickly developing
resistance to new drugs, coupled with the decision by environmental
elitists from the west to mystifyingly ban the use of DDT, which for
over fifty years had effectively and cheaply kept malaria at bay in
the African continent and throughout the world, thus forcing
governments to invest and re-invest vast amounts of capital, which
could have been used for development purposes or in the fight against
HIV/AIDS, into fighting the recurring nightmare of malaria.
Recent evidence also indicates that, due to rising levels of medicine
resistance, almost half of the money spent on anti-malarial medicines
is being used to pay for inappropriate treatments. In fact recently,
WHO officials have warned that the economic burden of malaria on
Africa was heavy and that the illness had become a major development
issue. Citing a recent study by Harvard University, the officials
said that sub-Saharan Africa's GDP in the year 2000, would have been
a colossal 32 per cent higher, had malaria been eliminated 25 years
ago.
Read more..........http://www.mandatethefuture.org
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