AIDS Problem Essay -- Health, Diseases, AIDS, HIV

1. Introduction Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, also known as AIDS, is caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).HIV indemnity bodys immune system by destroying white blood cells which help us to destroy invaded pathogens. When HIV enters a white blood cell, it may remain dormant. However, once it is activated, it infects another cell to produce many new HIVS. After a certain period of time, the white blood cells are sunk and leading to a loss of function of the immune system (Y.K. Ho,2004). People infected by HIV will turn out to have AIDS. septic people are very weak to fight off other infectious disease and soon they will die. accord to the data and statistics of WHO, global compact of the AIDS epidemic, 2009, the number of people living with HIV is around 33.3 million and AIDS death in 2009 is around 1.8 million. How about China situation? We couldnt find much data about China situation. Therefore, we have to explore the situation from other sources.2. Current Situat ion of AIDS in ChinaAccording to the ministry of health of the peoples republic of China, the number of people living with AIDS is about 370 thousand and AIDS death is about 60 thousand. The get in is much different from the prediction of United Nations (UN), UN predicted that there will be 10 million people living with AIDS at the end of 2010. So, which figure is more reliable? I would suggest the UN one and the following is my reason.In the early 1990s, the Chinese leadership launched a blood drive and paid donors for their plasma (Alice Park,2004), this is so called the plasma economy. Especially in Henan province, many blood stations appeared in a short period of time. Farmers believed that they could earn a manage of money by d... ...n provide AIDS patients with counseling service which brook help them to accept themselves and dispel prejudices.6. Conclusion To conclude, the central pillars of public health can explain the AIDS problem in China. Public health is compo sed of multidisciplinary knowledge, bar and social justice. We could not interpret AIDS problem by wholly exploring the scientific perspective. Economic and social perspective also play am important role. Moreover, prevention can be divided to 3 levels, primary prevention is crucial to the issue, which is also most effective way to get rid of the problem. Tertiary prevention is the last line of defense, reminding the Chinese government should do something out front it is too late. Lastly, social justice should be upholding in Chinese, this is the most critical aspect to see whether the AIDS problem can alleviate or not.