Stopping HIV and AIDS

This is the third and final action project for MDGs. The MDGs class focused on each and every goal. We discussed them and thought about what we could do to achieve these new goals. This class helped me understand the world better. I now understand where we are in economic and development growth. I think taking this MDG class changed me and changed the way I think about the world. This final topic I chose is about stopping HIV and AIDS. We had to choose one goal between #6, #7, or #8. I chose number six. I chose number six because HIV and AIDS are a very serious disease and needs to be talked about. I used Greece as an example country for my AP3. Learning about the side effects of HIV and AIDS was the hardest for me because it is such a sad topic. The easiest and best part of this AP3 was to finally understand and learn the ways to prevent HIV and AIDS.

(PVU, 2015)

Stopping HIV and AIDS

"Fifty thousand people get infected with HIV each year. In 2010, there were around 47,500 new HIV infections in the United States" (Basic Statistics). HIV/AIDS is a huge problem throughout the world. HIV and AIDS are not curable but they can be treated with medicine to a certain point. You can protect yourself from getting infected by HIV; always use protection during sexual intercourse. It’s important for kids and adults to learn about HIV and the ways you can prevent it. HIV is one of the biggest threats to the world’s population and its spread has to be stopped.

MDG goal #6 tells us to combat HIV and AIDS and other diseases. This means we have to try harder to prevent the spread of AIDS/ HIV and other diseases. The world did not achieve the entire MDG 6 goal, but "HIV infections fell approximately 40% between 2000 and 2013" (Greece's Latest Crisis: Rising HIV Cases). "There were 36.9 million people living with HIV globally at the end of 2014" (Greece's Latest Crisis: Rising HIV Cases). That same year, "some 2 million people became newly infected, and 1.2 million died of AIDS-related causes" (Greece's Latest Crisis: Rising HIV Cases).

In Greece, there have been a large number of people who are being infected with HIV and AIDs. Even though Greece is having a hard time containing HIV and AIDS, Greece is working hard to keep infection rates low. "Only 12,000 of the 11 million people in Greece are infected" (Greece's Latest Crisis: Rising HIV Cases). Greece is doing a good job in terms of letting people be aware of what’s going on. Greece has tried to lower the prostitution rate to reduce the number of people being infected by HIV. Also, Greece’s clinics and pharmacies are distributing more sanitized medical supplies. This is another extremely important way to reduce the spread of HIV.

The fast spread of HIV and AIDS does not need to continue; we can solve these diseases. One easy way to help prevent these diseases is by always using protection such as condoms during intercourse. Educating kids about safe sex is really important; it can help prevent the spread of HIV. By letting kids know, you are getting word out to the youth. Hopefully, kids will tell other kids who don’t know and they will know more than they used to know. HIV and AIDS aren’t talked about as openly as some other diseases, but they should be taken more seriously. If these diseases were taken as seriously as some other diseases I don’t think we would be where we are today. "Out of 7 billion people in the world, 33.2-37.2 million people have HIV/AIDS since the end of 2013" (Fact Sheet on satellites). "About 78 million people have been infected with the disease, and 39 million have died of HIV" (Fact Sheet on satellites).

We can slow down the spread of HIV and AIDS by doing these important things: teach everyone about HIV and to always use protection during sex; encourage people to limit their number of sexual partners; and work to distribute more sanitized medical supplies throughout the world. HIV will still be a global problem for those who already have HIV/AIDS but hopefully we can all work together to gradually reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS and eventually totally stop its spread.

                                           Works Cited

"Basic Statistics." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 14 Sept. 2015. Web. 21 Oct. 2015.
"Ginger After Grad School." Ginger After Grad School. Ginger After Grad School, n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2015.
"Greece's Latest Crisis: Rising HIV Cases." NPR. NPR, n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2015.
"HIV/AIDS." WHO. World Health Organization, n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2015.
"FACT SHEET ON SATELLITES." The Science Teacher 25.3 (1958): 136. UNAIDS. UNAIDS. Web. 21 Oct. 2015.


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