Essays Tagged: "Sub-Saharan Africa"

HIV and AIDS, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

rred in the United States, AIDS cases have also been reported in almost every country in the world. Sub-Saharan Africa in particular appears to suffer a heavy burden of this illness.No cure or vaccine ...

(3 pages) 114 0 3.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

AIDS

n 190,000 AIDScases and more than 120,000 deaths had been reported in about162 countries worldwide. Sub-Saharan Africa in particularappears to suffer a heavy Berden of this illness. So far there is no ...

(2 pages) 44 0 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

AIDS Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa: Possible Solutions and Causes.

AIDS Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa: Possible Solutions and CausesSub-Saharan Africa is made up of about ten percent ... 01, two-thirds of the 40 million people living with HIV resided in this region (Hearing 2). Only in Sub-Saharan Africa is this epidemic not concentrated to certain risk groups. The HIV virus is indisc ... little hope if nothing is improved. Due to poor economic conditions and lack of ethical behaviors, Sub-Saharan Africa is losing its' fight against HIV/AIDS.Sub-Saharan Africa's economic situation has ...

(9 pages) 194 2 3.8 Nov/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Aids

opulations, as the parts of the world that are most severely effected by AIDS, such as countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, South East Asia, and Haiti, are mostly populated by races other than Caucasian. ...

(7 pages) 92 1 3.4 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.

c, one issue has remained unchanged; no region of the world bears a higher AIDS-related burden than sub-Saharan Africa. I will examine the demographic effects of AIDS in Africa, focusing on the most a ... will examine the demographic effects of AIDS in Africa, focusing on the most affected countries of sub-Saharan Africa and consider the present and future impact of the AIDS epidemic on major issues s ...

(7 pages) 119 0 3.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

HIV in Africa

it is difficult to gain access to the necessary medical treatment.Of all the regions in the world, Sub-Saharan Africa seems to be hardest hit by HIV. AIDS is the leading cause of death in this region ...

(1 pages) 69 2 3.8 Jan/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Aids in Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa is made up of about ten percent of the world's population. In 2001, two-thirds of ... 01, two-thirds of the 40 million people living with HIV resided in this region (Hearing 2). Only in Sub-Saharan Africa is this epidemic not concentrated to certain risk groups. The HIV virus is indisc ... little hope if nothing is improved. Due to poor economic conditions and lack of ethical behaviors, Sub-Saharan Africa is losing its' fight against HIV/AIDS.Sub-Saharan Africa's economic situation has ...

(9 pages) 141 1 4.4 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Coursework Topic: The correlation between GDP per capita against Life expectancy at Birth in different countries

tious food, safe water, sanitation, antibiotics and so on. While those ELDCs like many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and the former Soviet Union are having have a low life expectancy at birth. This ... itical reasons, economic and health conditions within the countries. 1Since 1980, many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and the former Soviet Union have experienced a decline in life expectancy at birt ...

(6 pages) 92 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

Human Rights and Child Labor

ntations are children. Oxfam International reported that by 2015, three quarters of all children in sub-Saharan Africa will be out of school so they can work to support their families. Many children a ... ewing soccer balls bearing the world cup logo. The other reason is extreme poverty in almost all of sub-Saharan Africa, where a study done by the World Bank concluded that the number of people living ...

(4 pages) 152 0 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

What is the 'digital divide'? To what extent is the concept of the digital of concern both internationally and Australia?

mbers of computers per thousand people; there were 311.2 PCs per 1000 in developed countries, while Sub-Saharan Africa is only 7.5/1000(World Bank 2001a; 1998 Data cited in Bridges.org, 2001). There i ...

(4 pages) 86 0 3.2 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Aids

Submitting essays"AIDS Leaves Millions of Orphans in Sub-Saharan Africa." Encarta Encyclopedia. Dec.1999. CD-ROM.Beals, Gregory, and Christopher Dickey. ... et al. "Mapping the AIDS Epidemic's Hot Zone." Newsweek 17 Jan.2000: 37."HIV Infections Decrease in Sub-Saharan Africa." Nation's Health Dec. 2000: 15.Kaheru, Simon, et al. "10 Million Orphans." Newsw ... The XIII International AIDS Conference. 1 March 2001.Works CitedAIDS Leaves Millions of Orphans in Sub-Saharan Africa." Encarta Encyclopedia. Dec.1999. CD-ROM.Carey, John. "Africa: The High Price of ...

(18 pages) 156 1 4.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

What are the arguments for and against, greater control being exercised over business by government?

blic sector business organisations?With privatization programs still active in several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, there is a growing debate on effects on economic development. To address such is ...

(3 pages) 46 0 5.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

The Alma Ata declaration of 1978

ailed to reach its goal of "Health for All by the year 2000". It has especially failed the women of Sub-Saharan Africa. Every year millions of women and female children are subjected to the inhumane p ... ilation (FGM), are at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS and face the traditional inequality practices of Sub-Saharan Africa. The provision of PHC by governments in the sub-Saharan region have failed these ...

(5 pages) 38 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

"Globalisation and Its Impact on Both Developed and Underdeveloped Countries"

ent that they are in fact holding back underdeveloped countries with protectionism, as regions like Sub-Saharan Africa exhibit a comparative advantage in a wide range of agricultural products.I. INTRO ... ll be conducted, including the impact both have on economic growth. Throughout this examination the Sub-Saharan Africa region will be analysed and in particular the country Uganda. The question to be ...

(13 pages) 328 0 3.7 May/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Development Studies

Explain the spatial variations in the world patterns of fertility and mortality

e spread of these diseases cause many people to become infected. An example of this is HIV/AIDS. In Sub-Saharan Africa, more than 60% of people are living with HIV. Roughly 50 million Africans have be ...

(4 pages) 28 0 2.3 Jun/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

AIDS/HIV Epidemic In Africa

World GeographySub-Saharan Africa is made up of about ten percent of the world's population. In 2001, officials est ... today? The answer to this question is not a simple one. The HIV epidemic that has taken control of Sub-Saharan Africa is a result of a lack of funding for education and HIV prevention, cultural obsta ... the spread of HIV/AIDS epidemic in that region. It is in my opinion that unless something is done, Sub-Saharan Africa will loose its fight against HIV/AIDS.Since 1994, genocide, civil war, and escala ...

(5 pages) 55 1 5.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

AIDS And Its Impact On Society

and Elizabeth Reid, Web). The AIDS epidemic is extremely large in Africa where 50% or more women in Sub-Saharan Africa are AIDS victims (Chin, James, p 222). These women use coping strategies, i.e., t ... ly manifested from local medicine men and the women's husbands themselves. The diagnosis fro HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa does not stop the disease, but helps it further spread. Women who are found to co ...

(7 pages) 73 0 2.0 Jul/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

The impact of HIV/Aids on companies and in particular Transnet

en from figure 2, HIV/AIDS has impacted on different regions of the world at very different levels. Sub-Saharan Africa is the worst affected region, constituting 70 % of the people living with HIV/AID ...

(11 pages) 32 0 3.0 Aug/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management

Environmental Problems in Africa

resource base for economic and social needs than any other region in the world. Thus, two-thirds of sub-Saharan Africa's people live in rural areas and rely on agriculture and other natural resources ... er pollution, inefficient use of natural resources, oil spills and so on. Environmental problems of sub-Saharan Africa also include air and water pollution, deforestation, loss of soil and soil fertil ...

(8 pages) 77 0 5.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

MANUFACTURING STRATEGY, COMPETITIVENESS AND MANAGEMENT IN AFRICAN FIRMS: THE ROLE OF GLOBALISATION, TECHNOLOGY AND CAPITAL.

tured exports, though small, have displayed a similar drift. The share of manufactured exports from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in world manufacturing Trade declined from 0.38 per cent in 1965 to 0.23 pe ... kthroughs in foreign exchange earning. Evaluating the impact of structural adjustment programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa, Samli (2002) has indicated that for 1995-2000 the export volumes of nine major e ...

(300 pages) 555 0 0.0 Nov/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management