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A 3 page research paper on promoting global health that specifically addresses the HIV/AIDS problem in Asia, focusing on its impact on children. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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ensures citizens equality and education. But while this topic is far-reaching, there is an immediate threat to global health that demands attention--the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This modern plague is particularly insidious
in the way that it affects children. While it is well known that HIV/AIDS has seriously impacted Africa, indications are that it is quickly becoming a serious problem in Asia
as well, which home to most of the worlds population. The Asia-Pacific region is home to 60 percent of the worlds total population and, currently, roughly 19 percent of
the men, women and children living with HIV reside in this region (Burton, 2004). According to 2004 statistics, approximately 158,000 Asian children suffer from HIV/AIDS (Burton, 2004). The problems of
HIV/AIDS in Asia is severe and immediate, yet few counties in this region have achieved significant success in their prevention campaigns (Burton, 2004). The problem of HIV/AIDS in Asia
is perpetuated by "the practice of sex tourism, freely traversed geographic borders and by the oppression of women" (Neff-Smith, Spencer and Taval, 2001). In Thailand, largely due to the sex
industry, the HIV infection rate among pregnant women increased greater than any other Asia country. According to a study presented at the Sixth Annual AIDS Conference, babies of HIV infected
women are five times more likely to be abandoned at the hospital (Neff-Smith, Spencer and Taval, 2001). The leading cause of abandonment has been attributed to lack of information and
misunderstanding among HIV infected mothers in regards to the disease process, as well as lack of knowledge concerning the risks of transmission of HIV to newborns (Neff-Smith, Spencer and Taval,
2001). A 1999 United Nations report predicted Asia would soon see its population of orphan children triple due to HIV/AIDS (AIDS death, 1999). Last year, the UN updated its
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