Gender Equality – Beacon of Hope for AIDS Prevention
Gender equality, a well-defined by-product of human development, always entrenches inclination on how to focus attention on women empowerment. Simultaneously women empowerment confronts challenges consecutively in translating the responsibilities to gender equality into action. Gender discrimination is the prime source of endemic poverty leading to skyrocketing HIV prevalence. With a view to making gender equality a reality as a core commitment, women empowerment has to be the stepping stone to sustainable development.
HIV/AIDS epidemic is raging in Africa and mounting all over the world mostly due to gender discrimination, stigmatization and unsafe sex practice. To make the spread of epidemic flagged, widening gender gaps must be combated. Nowadays young women and girls are at a much higher risk than men. As per the findings of surveys and case studies conducted in Africa, adolescent girls are 5-6 times more likely to be infected by HIV virus than boys.
Taking an inclusive approach to gender awareness, people should be stimulated to move towards a common interest for sexual rights. Sexuality comprising sex, gender identities, amusement, sensualism as well as reproduction is considered as the cornerstone of being human all over the life through experiencing and sharing thoughts, beliefs, perception, values, fantasies, excitement, desire, interest, attitudes, praxis, behavior, relationships and so on. In the name of gender equality, sexuality may be guided positively and creatively by social, economical, biological, legal, ethical, racial, political, historical, religious, psychological and cultural factors interwoven inextricably. As a result, it would be easy to take any kind of promotional activities fruitfully for reducing vulnerabilities to STDs (sexually transmitted diseases) and HIV/AIDS.
Sexual and reproductive ill-health results in dire poverty led to widespread vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS. Sexual and reproductive health problems account for about 20% of ill-health of women globally and 14% of men occurred owing to lack of appropriate sexual and reproductive health. In Saudi Arabia, approximately half (46 per cent) of HIV infection was eventuated due to unprotected sex in 2005. All are mostly the consequences of gender discrimination attributed by religious dogmas, social ill-beliefs and monopolistic male hegemony intertwined with unsafe sex practices. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Importance Of Drug Rehab
With, seemingly, a new celebrity in rehab every couple of weeks, drug abuse has recently been discussed with humorous connotations. The reality, however, is that drug abuse and addiction are causing severe problems for millions of families in today’s society. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health estimates that in 2006 there were over 23.5 million Americans (ages 12 and up) needing substance abuse treatment, yet only four million were treated. Of those four million, only 2.5 million went through specialty centers, such as a drug rehab facility, hospital or mental health center. The remaining amount received treatment through less successful means, like jail, and self-help groups.
The direct effects of harmful and addictive drugs are obvious. But there are many other indirect health issues associated with drug abuse that can increase the risk of medical problems like cancer, stroke, cardiovascular disease, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, and lung disease. Common diseases such as HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and other STDs are often associated with severe drug use.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that in 2002 illegal drugs cost society around $181 billion. After tobacco and alcohol costs are thrown into the mix the total balloons up to $500 billion, annually. These figures consist of the money spent on drugs as well as the health care, criminal justice, and lost productivity expenses. Successful rehabilitation dramatically reduces this annual cost; drug related crimes are reduced by $4-$7 for every dollar spent on rehab. For some, the savings are closer to $12:$1.
Breaking the cycle of addiction is the main purpose of drug rehabilitation; however, it is not the only purpose. An individual’s drug habit may have contributed to other factors that need to be addressed. Legal and financial obligations, along with social and psychological elements stemming from a person’s destructive habits will also need to be dealt with.
There are several methods of rehabilitation, including the cheap but prone to relapse, ‘cold turkey’ choice. The odds of success can be greatly improved by enrolling in a professional rehabilitation program that has experienced counselors, proven and researched recovery methods, and a supportive community. There are 11,000 specialized drug treatment centers in the US alone. Read the rest of this entry »
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HIV AIDS Treatment and Medicine
Active oxygen or medical ozone is a form of oxygen molecule which contains large excess of energy which it also uses to kill HIV, viruses bacteria and germs on contact. Active oxygen / medical ozone also kills HIV and viruses by using the by products formed when it mixes with bodily fluids. At low concentration i.e. therapeutic concentration, omnivir active oxygen / medical ozone is a colourless and odourless gas. The medicine / medical ozone is an unstable gas that cannot be stored and should be used at once because it breakdown very quickly into stable oxygen (normal oxygen that we breathe). Therefore the omnivir active oxygen is administered upon production straight from the machine.
Medical ozone is produced by passing clinical pure oxygen through high voltage quartz tubes and a cold spark method is used to generate uncontaminated medical ozone, thus suitable and safe for treatment purposes.
At right concentration, medical ozone kills 99.999% lipid viruses and bacteria in the test tube, water, bodily fluids and in the air.
Active oxygen deactivates and eventually kills the virus by destroying its protective skin. Using omnivir medicine properly will help to reduce the HIV viral load in the body, enabling the body to fight opportunistic infections on its own. Omnivir gas is quickly absorbed into the whole body and lymph, even into the bone marrow where it acts against the viruses. The active oxygen’s Read the rest of this entry »
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