Article Name: Parasitic worms provide clue to African HIV puzzle New Scientist, 02624079, 7/26/2008, Vol. 199, Issue 2666
Summary: Evan Sector has conducted a new HIV study in monkeys, which suggest that those previously infected with schistosomiasis may be more susceptible to the HIV virus. The study showed that it took an incredibly smaller amount of the virus to cause HIV infection in monkeys with schistosomiasis versus monkeys without it. Infection with these parasitic worms, which affect about 50% of women in some parts of Africa, greatly increases the chances of developing HIV by weakening the first defense system, the lining of the vagina.
Useful Information: This information could be ground breaking for the fight against Aids in Africa.
Article Name: Mosquito Nets: Caught in a Tangle. By: Barclay, Eliza, Business Week Online, 00077135, 1/3/2008
Summary: The article discusses the issue of Malaria and its wide spread affects on the people of Africa. Plans are currently in affect to decrease the number of victims. The distribution of mosquito-repelling bed nets throughout the continent has been very successful for those who can afford to buy them, ranging in price of $1 to $3.50. However, many still believe it is not available to all of Africa due to cost, only one-third of adults and children sleep safely. The free distribution of mosquito-repelling bet nets is very much sought after. It has been decided that a mixed approach to the distribution of bed nets will be the best choice and plans to follow this are in affect.
Useful Information: It is very good that plans to help prevent illness are being carried out. It’s important for people to know what is going on in Africa and how they can help.
Summary: Aids has been the leading cause of death in many African countries in recent years. Women contract the disease much easy than men for different reasons. Resources give to Africa are not distributes evenly to the countries that need them more. Nigeria receives only 12% of the resources and Nigeria has over 90% of the cases of HIV.
Useful info: The article explains how and why women contract the disease easier than women. The article also has information on what the government has done to control the HIV epidemic.
Title: Serologic Evidence for Human Ehrlichiosis in Africa
Author: P. Brouqui
Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 10, No. 6, Dec. 1994
Summary: Ehrlichiosis is a bacterial disease caused by an infection in a human’s blood. Ehrlichiosis is very closely related to Ehrlich Canis which is a disease in dogs usually caused from a tick bite. Ehrlichiosis was first discovered in the US, but has now been found in eight different countries Africa.
Useful info: The description and info on how Ehrlichiosis affects people was interesting to learn. It is a disease that many people have probably never heard of and it is spread throughout countries in Africa.
Summary: This article shows the effects on knowledge of health in Africa. The focus of the article was on communities and households in Ghana. It is found that the proportion of literate adults in the community presented a higher health knowledge. If a person is not literate, living in a highly literate a knowledgeable community would do no benefit on there own knowledge about health.
Useful Info: The information in this article would be useful in knowing how people deal with knowledge about health in Africa. It does not really give any information about actual medical crisis’s in Africa.
Title: We are all affected: considering the recovery of HIV/AIDS infected and affected children.
Author: Nelson, Carla
Source: International Journal of Children's Spirituality; Dec2008, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p203-211, 9p
Summary: This article mainly focuses on the HIV/AIDS pandemic in African communities. In many of these communities loss of family and friends from AIDS is a common and shared experience. The article talks a lot about the question “What type of environment is required for children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS?” The article discusses a few ways in which recovery can be encouraged. The main way this article explains is by giving attention to the environment which teachers and other concerned adults can provide, this environment must work against ignorance, stigma, and isolation.
Useful Information: The information in this article would be very useful in writing a paper about medical crisis in Africa. Its main focus is HIV/AIDS, and it includes a lot of useful information about this subtopic.
Article Title: A Clinico-Epidemiological Study of Epidemic Typhus in Africa
Author: Peter L. Perine, Bruce P. Chandler, Donald K. Krause
Where is the article from? Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 14
What is the gist of it? A typhus epidemic has been reported in several countries in Africa. Out of all of the cases reported 69% were in Ethiopia and 23% were in Nigeria. Most of these cases come from places where medical facilities are limited.
What was useful? The information that showed the percentage of cases in Africa compared to the rest of the world.
Would you recommend it? No, I think the information is from too far back in time.
Article Title: Ten Years of Democracy in South Africa: Documenting Transformation in Reproductive Health Policy and Status
Author: Diane Cooper, Chelsea Morroni, Phyllis Orner
Where is the article from? Reproductive Health Matters, Vol. 12
What is the gist of it? A major transformation in health care has changed in the past decade in Africa. This change was brought about by the transition of the government into democracy. Many people can now get health car through Health Services and Welfare for whites, coloureds, and Indians.
What is useful? The change in government helped change the health care system in Africa.
Would you recommend it? Yes, it shows how the health care system changed when their government became a democracy.
Title: Rape and HIV: Addressing the Dual Epidemics in South Africa
Author: Julia C Kim
Reproductive Health Matters, Vol. 11, No.22, HIV/AIDS
Summary: South Africa Is in the middle of one of the fastest and worst HIV epidemics in the world. HIV kills 40% of adults in South Africa, making it the leading cause of death. HIV is also spread in rape cases. It is hard to calculate the exact number of rape cases, but over 52,000 cases were reported to the police in one year. Africa has recently begun to give post exposure to people have contracted HIV.
Useful Information: The article has many statistics that give you an idea of how bad rape and HIV numbers really are. The government has recently started to give post expose to citizens who have recently contracted the disease.
Title: Antenatal HIV Screening and Treatment in South Africa
Author: Memoona Hasnain
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Vol. 8, No.2, Aug. 2004.
Summary: Even though Africa has been hit the hardest by HIV, they have not had access to therapy for very long. AIDS scientists have been working in South Africa to give access to treatment for HIV and AIDS. Prevention and treatment efforts have not been going on long, and are not really applied to pregnant women. Poverty stricken women in South Africa forces some of them to sell sex for food and resources which also raises the cases of HIV.
Useful Information: The article was very useful if writing a paper on how Africa has attempted to treat and prevent HIV. The fact that Africa has just recently started to get treatment is amazing, because it is the most infected in the world.
Article Title: Fall in HIV figures is deceptive, says former UN envoy. Author: Duffin, Christian. Nursing Standard, 12/5/2007, Vol. 22 Issue 13, p12-13, 2p; (AN 27994403)
Summary: The estimated number of people infected with HIV has recently been reduced from 40 million to 33 million. This outraged former UN special envoy for Aids in Africa, Stephen Lewis. He says that the number of infections has actually risen. Mr. Lewis argues that millions of children have been orphaned due to Aids and women make up two thirds of those infected. For a long time he has campaigned that the UN develop an agency specifically for women, but it has not yet been successful. Mr. Lewis’s main concert is that the newly revised numbers will cause donors to reduce their contributions to Africa, because they believe the problem is receding.
It is very important for this information to be available to people, especially donors, so that contributions and efforts do not decline.
Article Title: The Kingdom of God in the Time of Aids Author: McDermott, Jim. America, 10/15/2007, Vol. 197 Issue 11, p22-24, 3p, 2 color; (AN 27203599)
Summary: It is known that the HIV virus destroys the immune system. “But it is also a cultural, familial, communal and spiritual reality,” says Michael Czerny. The fight against Aids needs to go further than just the distribution of pills. The pills the fight HIV must be taken on a full stomach. This is a problem because of the malnutrition. When a female is found to be infected with HIV her husband will usually lock her up or her father will throw her out of the house. When an HIV person is thrown out they will die. The church, however, is trying very hard to take in these victims and help them to stay self-sufficient as well as healthy. The church is trying to show the west that there is more to the Aids fight in Africa than just medication.
This article gives new insight to the fight against Aids. It is important to care for the people as a whole not just the disease.
Article Title: Assessment of Awareness of HIV/AIDS among Selected Target Groups in and around Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Author: Mehret Yerdaw, Teshome Nedi, and Fikre Enquoselassie
Where article is from? African Journal of Reproductive Health, Vol. 6
What is the gist of it? An interview was done with 2,278 people to find out indicators including mode of transmissions and attitude towards HIV/AIDS patients. About 89.2% of these people considered AIDS a killer disease. 30.4% of these people felt that HIV/AIDS patients showed symptoms identifying that they have the disease so they did not need a clinical diagnosis.
What is useful? The statistics that show that most people really don’t know the true effects of this disease so they do not get medical attention.
Article Title: “Women have no tribe”: Connecting Carework, Gender, and migration in an Era of HIV/AIDS in Botawana
Author: Rebecca L. Upton
Where article is from: Gender and Society, Vol. 17
What is the gist of it? Botswana has the highest HIV/AIDS rates in the world. Many children are orphaned from their parents dying from the disease. Women in these villages have to take care of more and more children while their husbands migrate.
What is useful? This article shows that women are greatly burdened from this disease because they have to take care of all the children from dying parents while the men migrate.
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Article Name: Parasitic worms provide clue to African HIV puzzle
New Scientist, 02624079, 7/26/2008, Vol. 199, Issue 2666
Summary: Evan Sector has conducted a new HIV study in monkeys, which suggest that those previously infected with schistosomiasis may be more susceptible to the HIV virus. The study showed that it took an incredibly smaller amount of the virus to cause HIV infection in monkeys with schistosomiasis versus monkeys without it. Infection with these parasitic worms, which affect about 50% of women in some parts of Africa, greatly increases the chances of developing HIV by weakening the first defense system, the lining of the vagina.
Useful Information: This information could be ground breaking for the fight against Aids in Africa.
Article Name: Mosquito Nets: Caught in a Tangle.
By: Barclay, Eliza, Business Week Online, 00077135, 1/3/2008
Summary: The article discusses the issue of Malaria and its wide spread affects on the people of Africa. Plans are currently in affect to decrease the number of victims. The distribution of mosquito-repelling bed nets throughout the continent has been very successful for those who can afford to buy them, ranging in price of $1 to $3.50. However, many still believe it is not available to all of Africa due to cost, only one-third of adults and children sleep safely. The free distribution of mosquito-repelling bet nets is very much sought after. It has been decided that a mixed approach to the distribution of bed nets will be the best choice and plans to follow this are in affect.
Useful Information: It is very good that plans to help prevent illness are being carried out. It’s important for people to know what is going on in Africa and how they can help.
Khalil Hamed
Title: Gender and Human Rights
Dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria
Author: Nkoli I. Aniekwu
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Vol. 6, No. 3, Dec. 2002
Summary: Aids has been the leading cause of death in many African countries in recent years. Women contract the disease much easy than men for different reasons. Resources give to Africa are not distributes evenly to the countries that need them more. Nigeria receives only 12% of the resources and Nigeria has over 90% of the cases of HIV.
Useful info: The article explains how and why women contract the disease easier than women. The article also has information on what the government has done to control the HIV epidemic.
Khalil Hamed
Title: Serologic Evidence for Human Ehrlichiosis in Africa
Author: P. Brouqui
Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 10, No. 6, Dec. 1994
Summary: Ehrlichiosis is a bacterial disease caused by an infection in a human’s blood. Ehrlichiosis is very closely related to Ehrlich Canis which is a disease in dogs usually caused from a tick bite. Ehrlichiosis was first discovered in the US, but has now been found in eight different countries Africa.
Useful info: The description and info on how Ehrlichiosis affects people was interesting to learn. It is a disease that many people have probably never heard of and it is spread throughout countries in Africa.
Maddie Windstein
Article Name: Community effects on health knowledge in Ghana.
Author: Andrzejewski, Catherine S.
Source: Health & Place; Mar2009, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p228-238, 11p
Summary: This article shows the effects on knowledge of health in Africa. The focus of the article was on communities and households in Ghana. It is found that the proportion of literate adults in the community presented a higher health knowledge. If a person is not literate, living in a highly literate a knowledgeable community would do no benefit on there own knowledge about health.
Useful Info: The information in this article would be useful in knowing how people deal with knowledge about health in Africa. It does not really give any information about actual medical crisis’s in Africa.
Maddie Windstein
Title: We are all affected: considering the recovery of HIV/AIDS infected and affected children.
Author: Nelson, Carla
Source: International Journal of Children's Spirituality; Dec2008, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p203-211, 9p
Summary: This article mainly focuses on the HIV/AIDS pandemic in African communities. In many of these communities loss of family and friends from AIDS is a common and shared experience. The article talks a lot about the question “What type of environment is required for children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS?” The article discusses a few ways in which recovery can be encouraged. The main way this article explains is by giving attention to the environment which teachers and other concerned adults can provide, this environment must work against ignorance, stigma, and isolation.
Useful Information: The information in this article would be very useful in writing a paper about medical crisis in Africa. Its main focus is HIV/AIDS, and it includes a lot of useful information about this subtopic.
Hannah Cavalier
Article Title: A Clinico-Epidemiological Study of Epidemic Typhus in Africa
Author: Peter L. Perine, Bruce P. Chandler, Donald K. Krause
Where is the article from? Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 14
What is the gist of it? A typhus epidemic has been reported in several countries in Africa. Out of all of the cases reported 69% were in Ethiopia and 23% were in Nigeria. Most of these cases come from places where medical facilities are limited.
What was useful? The information that showed the percentage of cases in Africa compared to the rest of the world.
Would you recommend it? No, I think the information is from too far back in time.
Article Title: Ten Years of Democracy in South Africa: Documenting Transformation in Reproductive Health Policy and Status
Author: Diane Cooper, Chelsea Morroni, Phyllis Orner
Where is the article from? Reproductive Health Matters, Vol. 12
What is the gist of it? A major transformation in health care has changed in the past decade in Africa. This change was brought about by the transition of the government into democracy. Many people can now get health car through Health Services and Welfare for whites, coloureds, and Indians.
What is useful? The change in government helped change the health care system in Africa.
Would you recommend it? Yes, it shows how the health care system changed when their government became a democracy.
Khalil Hamed
Title: Rape and HIV: Addressing the Dual Epidemics in South Africa
Author: Julia C Kim
Reproductive Health Matters, Vol. 11, No.22, HIV/AIDS
Summary: South Africa Is in the middle of one of the fastest and worst HIV epidemics in the world. HIV kills 40% of adults in South Africa, making it the leading cause of death. HIV is also spread in rape cases. It is hard to calculate the exact number of rape cases, but over 52,000 cases were reported to the police in one year. Africa has recently begun to give post exposure to people have contracted HIV.
Useful Information: The article has many statistics that give you an idea of how bad rape and HIV numbers really are. The government has recently started to give post expose to citizens who have recently contracted the disease.
Title: Antenatal HIV Screening and Treatment in South Africa
Author: Memoona Hasnain
African Journal of Reproductive
Health, Vol. 8, No.2, Aug. 2004.
Summary: Even though Africa has been hit the hardest by HIV, they have not had access to therapy for very long. AIDS scientists have been working in South Africa to give access to treatment for HIV and AIDS. Prevention and treatment efforts have not been going on long, and are not really applied to pregnant women. Poverty stricken women in South Africa forces some of them to sell sex for food and resources which also raises the cases of HIV.
Useful Information: The article was very useful if writing a paper on how Africa has attempted to treat and prevent HIV. The fact that Africa has just recently started to get treatment is amazing, because it is the most infected in the world.
Article Title: Fall in HIV figures is deceptive, says former UN envoy.
Author: Duffin, Christian. Nursing Standard, 12/5/2007, Vol. 22 Issue 13, p12-13, 2p; (AN 27994403)
Summary: The estimated number of people infected with HIV has recently been reduced from 40 million to 33 million. This outraged former UN special envoy for Aids in Africa, Stephen Lewis. He says that the number of infections has actually risen. Mr. Lewis argues that millions of children have been orphaned due to Aids and women make up two thirds of those infected. For a long time he has campaigned that the UN develop an agency specifically for women, but it has not yet been successful. Mr. Lewis’s main concert is that the newly revised numbers will cause donors to reduce their contributions to Africa, because they believe the problem is receding.
It is very important for this information to be available to people, especially donors, so that contributions and efforts do not decline.
Article Title: The Kingdom of God in the Time of Aids
Author: McDermott, Jim. America, 10/15/2007, Vol. 197 Issue 11, p22-24, 3p, 2 color; (AN 27203599)
Summary: It is known that the HIV virus destroys the immune system. “But it is also a cultural, familial, communal and spiritual reality,” says Michael Czerny. The fight against Aids needs to go further than just the distribution of pills. The pills the fight HIV must be taken on a full stomach. This is a problem because of the malnutrition. When a female is found to be infected with HIV her husband will usually lock her up or her father will throw her out of the house. When an HIV person is thrown out they will die. The church, however, is trying very hard to take in these victims and help them to stay self-sufficient as well as healthy. The church is trying to show the west that there is more to the Aids fight in Africa than just medication.
This article gives new insight to the fight against Aids. It is important to care for the people as a whole not just the disease.
Hannah Cavalier
Article Title: Assessment of Awareness of HIV/AIDS among Selected Target Groups in and around Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Author: Mehret Yerdaw, Teshome Nedi, and Fikre Enquoselassie
Where article is from? African Journal of Reproductive Health, Vol. 6
What is the gist of it? An interview was done with 2,278 people to find out indicators including mode of transmissions and attitude towards HIV/AIDS patients. About 89.2% of these people considered AIDS a killer disease. 30.4% of these people felt that HIV/AIDS patients showed symptoms identifying that they have the disease so they did not need a clinical diagnosis.
What is useful? The statistics that show that most people really don’t know the true effects of this disease so they do not get medical attention.
Article Title: “Women have no tribe”: Connecting Carework, Gender, and migration in an Era of HIV/AIDS in Botawana
Author: Rebecca L. Upton
Where article is from: Gender and Society, Vol. 17
What is the gist of it? Botswana has the highest HIV/AIDS rates in the world. Many children are orphaned from their parents dying from the disease. Women in these villages have to take care of more and more children while their husbands migrate.
What is useful? This article shows that women are greatly burdened from this disease because they have to take care of all the children from dying parents while the men migrate.
http://www.thegcg.org/health.html
The link above gives info about :
1) Steps being taken to eradicate major diseases
2) Some useful statistical tables.
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