Hiv Essays

There has been a rapid growth on the risks for contracting HIV for women in minority groups. Although many studies on HIV risks and prevention focuses on African American and Latina women, there are very few studies on HIV risks and preventions focusing on Asians. However, the risks of HIV …

Sexual wellbeing is associated with menopause and pathophysiological changes in the reproductive system and sexual functioning. Some specific sexual problems include HIV, STIs, screening programs, and risks. Just because women are getting older is no reason they must become invisible and pushed aside for younger women, sex is still an …

In today’s world of evolving technology, surveillance has become more and more prevalent in society. While people may think surveillance traditionally means video monitoring through laptop computers or street cameras, many do not realize there is much more to this reconnaissance. Public Health Surveillance is not seen as intrusive by …

Where in the first world would one expect the teen pregnancy rate to be the highest? Surprisingly to many, it is the United States that has the highest teen pregnancy rate of any first world country, more than double the rate of twenty other first world countries and almost ten …

CRISPR is a breakthrough in genetic editing technology, introduced in 2012. It cut the costs and time of genetic experiments by 99%. CRISPR is an acronym for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats and is a genetic tool used to modify a living thing’s DNA. It could spell the end …

Ignorance has always been a major problem in the world; dating back to the BC era, peasants would follow their rulers unquestioningly. In the modern day, civilizations have progressed towards the idea of complete equality; however, ignorance and lack of education are still prevalent in today’s society. Those who are …

Children are learning so much about the world but unfortunately monsters that hurt the purity of small children exist. These “people” kidnap, rape, and defile children for their own sick purposes. “More than 1 million children, according to the International Labour Organization, are exploited each year in the commercial sex …

Two completely different places, South Africa and Saudi Arabia are both full of hardworking and aspiring people. Each living under different governments (absolute monarchy in Saudi Arabia and parliamentary republic in South Africa), in different environments, and different cultures. Although they are opposites in separate parts of the world, Saudi …

Cuba is an island in the Caribbean that is perceived to be stuck in the 1960s. Due to the embargo that the United States placed on Cuba, it is not as developed, still having cars for the ’50s and ’60s as well as not having the advancements in medicine like …

South Africa recently joined a number of countries such as Canada, America, Netherlands and Portugal by decriminalizing the personal use of marijuana (Minister of Justice vs Prince, 2018). Up until 18 September 2018, the consumption of marijuana in South Africa has always been illegal and in some instances it carried …