Aids In Africa
Aids has struck parts of Africa several times during the 20th century.
Disease in Africa still exists as we speak, and will continue until something is
done. It has done less well at explaining why disease persist, how they occur, and how they differ from the equally serious
problem of chronic disease. While Africa’s population is growing rapidly, it
still has more than enough fertile land for growing food, but lacks access to
resources-whether at the individual, household, community, or national level.
The drought has contributed to the lack of food in Africa. This is from
poor health planning. There has been a severe shortage of early
rains for the past three years and most years rain does not arrive at all.
This has set back the food production cycle. War has also caused hunger in
Africa. Trucks needed to distribute food have been commandeered for
military use. Some countries have difficulty getting food aid into their
country. For example, Ethiopia is land locked and its two main supply
ports. The main causes for Africa’s disease is population, drought, poor agricultural planning, political
instability and ineffectiveness and the mismanagement of natural resources.
This has left millions of starving people throughout the world. There are
solutions to this worldwide problem. A sophisticated early warning system
has been set up to predict rainfalls and crop production so demands for food can
be made in good time. A solution for
fighting disease that I have concluded is to set up an organization where people
contribute medicine every week. To locate these volunteers I would make calls to
various offices, companies, and houses that would agree to support the hungry.
Each person would be responsible for bringing or donating food every week. These
volunteers would be on call at all times. This may seem like this is
unrealistic, but I know that I would be able to make people understand the
importance of keeping young children, adults and elders from dying of famine and
hunger. Every week a certain amount of food will be given to each
and every country. Volunteers would then pass out the food to various
people. The volunteers would make sure that no one is left hungry before
they leave.