Melissa Tomlin
Alternative Assignment
February 27, 2014
PEPFAR was started by the Bush Administration to help patients with HIV/Aids with obtaining medicine. Since the start of PEPFAR, PEPFAR has progressed to have an even bigger goal. After the first stage of PEPFAR, the goal was to then provide money to support countries when making long term goals on how to prevent or support patients that are diagnosed with this illness. The next step had the goal of having an, AIDS-free generation throughout every country. This goal would entail many aspects from every country. Each country would have to be able to financial and medically support the people. If each country could financially and medically support the people in their country then there could be a possibility of achieve this goal (PEPFAR Blueprint).
PEPFAR has a blueprint explaining the new goals and how they are going to be implemented. The United States has spent “37 billion dollars on supporting PEPFAR” since it started. The United States is the biggest financial supporter of PEPFAR. The United States has always supported the Global Fund by contributing more than 7 billion dollars since 2004. The blueprint explains how PEPFAR will continue to save lives of patients that have been diagnose with HIV/Aids and/or people that are at risk of being diagnosed with this disease (PEPFAR Blueprint).
The blueprint explains that scientifically the world is coming to a point where doctors and nurses can save more people than ever that are diagnosed with HIV/Aids. The article then explains how the goal of AIDS-free generation would be accomplished and it breaks down the goal into roadmaps. The road maps are named after what they are explaining. The road maps are names: Road M...
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...more. The cost will be more expensive than in previous years because medicine is continually becoming more expensive. If the scientific experiment conclusion is true about being able to have a generation free society of HIV/Aids then all the money and hard work would be worth.
I think that PEPFAR has continuously been successful since the start of it by the Bush administration. PEPFAR budget has continued to increase though I believe that it is worth it because there will be less people that suffer with HIV/Aids. I think that the support by the Americans to other countries show how powerful the United States is and how scientifically advance the society is. I hope that the scientific experiment that shows that there is a chance of becoming generation free will come true in the near future.
"PEPFAR Blueprint." Creating an Aids Free Generation. 4-14. Print.
This Radiolab podcast talks about how the HIV/AIDS epidemic started: the ultimate patient zero story, a very recent event that still hurts and still bleeds.
To begin with, one of the biggest issues with prior attempts of HIV/AIDS programs is that once a person was told that they had been infected, they were rejected treatment, as stated in Epstein’s piece. Luckily today, it is common for schools to have free HIV testing. This, however, does not solve the issue. Instead of having free HIV testing more commonly available in schools rather than at-your-fingertips, governments should fund worldwide clinics that provide free HIV testing and protection available to all genders. Said clinics could then pair with multiple insurance companies to make treatment as affordable as possible, because if one tests positively, they most likely cannot afford the medication. Treatment can cost from anywhere between $500-$2,700 for one prescription, which can reach
The AIDS epidemic did not have to happen. It was caused by the negligence from doctors that did not think the matter was a concern. It started out when one patient had the disease, and the doctors concluded that it was a mutated version of a disease. But it turned out that that was the first patient to suffer the HIV virus. If this situation was taken as an important matter, they could have taken that patient to a special institute so that the patient would not be capable of transmitting the disease. For the other patients who also contracted the virus, they could have also taken them to a special institute. Even when the government knew that there was a serious disease that was going to spread, they did not do anything about it. The reason for this is because they needed scientific evidence that the virus was...
The investigator then goes to South Africa and interviews Dr. Glenda Gray, who works with Dr. Corey. South Africa has the most HIV positive victims in the world, currently. In South Africa, former leaders denied that the HIV virus caused AIDS and did not allow foreign aid to come in to fight the disease. This caused many deaths in South Africa. The whole continent of Africa was ravaged by the epidemic. The significant connection between the transmission of HIV from a pregnant mother to her child is brought up. In 2002, President George W. Bush, in partnership with Bono, started a U.N. Global Initiative to fight the epidemic. However, for the first couple years, the United States was the only country to fund the program. President Bush funded $15 billion, the largest amount of money put up to fight a disease. He started the PEPFAR program (The United States Pre...
There was a decrease in the amount of drug abuse and promiscuous sex. Although the epidemic is much more widespread. "No one can yet be sure how statistically important the AIDS epidemic in Africa will prove to be"
Before extending aid to other countries, we should focus on our more prevalent domestic problems. Patrick Buchanan said, "The idea that we should send endless streams of tax dollars all over the world, while our own country sinks slowly in an ocean of debt is, well, ludicrous. Almost every American knows it, feels it, believes it." The topic of United States foreign policy is greatly debated, and a decision on how to handle is very hard to come by. It seems as if we are finally leaning towards less aid to foreign countries, as we try to cut wasteful spending. The American government is finally opening its eyes to the realization that all of the aid we are giving out may not be worth it. Our priority should be to help our homeless, instead of other countries' poor.
Ryan White’s effort and those who respond to the needs of the epidemic have caused both houses of Congress in 1990 to pass a comprehensive HIV/AIDS Resource Emergency (Care) Act to provide health care to those who have no insurance to get proper care. The program is the largest federal program in the United States (Rowan, 2013). The federal funding of the Ryan White is used mainly for medical care. The funds are primarily for individuals to receive health care coverage and financial resources. The prog...
The spread of aids threatens our population daily. Lives lost to it number over 12 million, including 2 mil...
AIDS is slowly becoming the number one killer across the globe. Throughout numerous small countries, AIDS has destroyed lives, taken away mothers, and has left hopeless children as orphans. The problem remains that funding for the diseases’ medical research is limited to none. In the country Brazil, HIV/AIDS has been compared to the bubonic plague, one of the oldest yet, most deadly diseases to spread rapidly across Europe (Fiedler 524). Due to this issue, Brazil’s government has promised that everyone who has been diagnosed with either HIV or AIDS will receive free treatment; however, this treatment does not include help in purchasing HIV medications, that “carry astronomical price tags” (Fiedler 525). Generic drug companies have been able to produce effective HIV medications that are not as costly if compared to the prices given by the huge pharmaceutical companies. In contrast, the U.S. government has now intervened with these generic companies hindering them from making HIV medications, which may not be as efficient if made by the pharmaceutical companies. Not only are these drug companies losing thousands of dollars against generic drug companies, but also tremendous profit that is demanded for marketing these expensive drugs as well. “How many people must die without treatment until the companies are willing to lower their prices, or to surrender their patients so generic makers can enter market? (Fiedler 525).” With this question in mind, what ways can we eliminate the HIV/AIDS epidemic across the world? With research, education, testing, and funding we can prevent the spread of HIV to others and hopefully find a cure.
Spink, Gemma. "AIDS." AVERTing HIV and AIDS. 23 Dec 2009. Web. 11 Jan 2010. .
Overall, the United States is doing their part in stopping the Ebola Virus. West Africa is getting better in dealing with the virus and with our help, they have a chance of eliminating the virus. Technology is improving, treatment for patients are growing, and the world is becoming more aware of the situation. The Ebola virus will be taken down and conquered.
Pfizer Case Study Pfizer Inc. is a large pharmaceutical company that engages in the discovery of new technologies, the manufacture of prescription and "over the counter" (OTC) medicines, as well as the marketing of such products. It operates in three distinct segments that include Human Health, Consumer Healthcare, and Animal Health. For fiscal year 2004, the company generated approximately $53 billion in revenue that contributed to over $11 billion in net income. Pfizer, 2004. "The 'Pfizer'" The Cow and Calf division of the Animal Health segment markets its products direct to cattle ranchers.
Mayo Clinic is a hospital that is as well-known by many to be a haven of caring and concerned doctors whos’ sole focus is to give their patients the type of care they would want their families to receive if they were patients. According to Colquitt, LePine, and Wesson (Mayo Case Study, 2014), Mayo Clinic has established a customer service, patient first culture that puts the needs of those whom they serve ahead of other focuses, such as profit or patient quotas. This corporate culture has lead the hospital to become one of the most successful and iconic medical centers in the United States. Colquitt, LePine, and Wesson (Mayo Case Study, 2014) propose several very interesting questions at the end of the reading that they ask readers to ponder.
Report on PEP Task 1 Describe and explain PEP’s business objectives, using its mission statement and other information Evaluate and explain how successful PEP appear to be in meeting each of these objectives. A mission statement is a written statement setting out the general aims of a business. This is also known as a business objective. PEP is a business, which has been set up to produce good quality products and excellent customer service, as most businesses have aims and objectives. Examples below show some basic aims and objectives a business might have: · Make a profit · Provide goods and services for their customers · Survive and expand the business · Improve the quality of goods and services · Compete against other businesses · To be environmentally friendly PEP is a family business with a good history that provides good quality products to customers.
...ile the pandemic will absolutely leverage the rate of financial development, structural alterations are furthermore expected to be one of the prime economic hallmarks of the AIDS pandemic (Arndt 427-449). The effect of the HIV/AIDS epidemic can be visualized by the overwhelming change in mortality rate of South Africans. The yearly number of mortalities from HIV increased distinctly between the years 1997, when about 316,559 people died, and 2006 when an estimated 607,184 people died ("HIV AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA"). Those who are currently assuming the burden of the increase in mortality rate are adolescents and young adults. Virtually one-in-three females of ages 25-29, and over 25% of males aged 30-34, are currently living with HIV in South Africa (UNAIDS). The good news, thanks to better supply of ARV treatment, is that life-expectancy has risen vastly since 2005.