Essays on Scourge

Introduction

Healthcare is a broad domain that requires proper planning and resource mobilization to guarantee the successful realization of various objectives that characterize its dispensation in the contemporary world. In most cases, professionals in the healthcare sector are involved in initiatives that improve services to the communities that they serve. The agency under consideration works to alleviate the states of individuals affected by the HIV-AIDS scourge in Canada (CDC, 2010).

Description of the Issue

The agency is largely concerned with the provision of solutions for HIV-AIDS and all opportunistic diseases associated with the condition. Besides HIV-AIDS, the agency targets infections such as viral hepatitis, ...

The River and the Chimp is an analytical book written by David Quammen about how the HIV originated from chimpanzees in an African forest (Quammen, 2015). The acumen of this book challenges the many unscientific beliefs about the origin of HIV and spread. There is a great need to understand where this scourge originated to beat the diverse stereotypical and unscientific beliefs. By examining the works of David Quammen in the book The River and the Chimp, this research paper shall focus on discussing the origin of HIV. The knowledge of the origin of HIV is of immense importance ...

Part 1

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) affects the immune system thereby weakening the body’s defense system by destroying white blood cells referred to as CD4+ cells(CDC, 2016). These cells are responsible for protecting the body against diseases. In the event that a significant number of these cells are destroyed, the susceptibility of the body to attacks by illnesses increases resulting to a more weakened immune system. However, by an individual having HIV, it does not automatically translate to them having AIDS (CDC, 2016). It takes quite a long time for the condition to progress from a virus to AIDS ...

Fast food is a real scourge of the contemporary world. Not only does it lead to obesity, but it also causes a number of illnesses, indigestion, and self-destruction. Dieticians, nutritionists, and doctors have been screaming and shouting about the problem world is facing nowadays, let alone the United States of America. Fast food industry has literally bulked into the contemporary society, making people first and foremost addicted to it. Fast food is ruthless to everyone, irrespective of his/ her age, nationality, social status, profession, etc. The world has turned into a huge fast food customer, where the only ones who benefit are ...