Soc 202 - Current Events (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Abigail Lucas 11/19/09 Doctors, nurses and pharmacists are refusing to work in South Africa’s prisons, the turnover time for healthcare workers range from one day to a year. Maria Mabena, the director of health and physical care in the department of correctional services stated that the biggest challenge for the department is a lack of adequately trained nurses in primary health...
Soc 202 - Current Events (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Abigail Lucas 11/12/09 9:15 The media in South Africa is attempting to change ideas about sexuality and get men involved in the fight against AIDS. Millions of people in the South African population have HIV, however many of the clinics are mainly used by women which account for three quarters of the HIV tests conducted. One reason for this according to Dean Peacock is that “it is hard to go...
Soc 202 - Current Events (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Abigail Lucas 11/5/09 10:30 African health workers are now in fear that the days when the AIDS virus was a death sentence in Africa. There is also fear that a major global distributer of AIDS money was considering cutting back worldwide. At the news conference in South Africa it was said that clinics that are funded by international doctors in Uganda are being told not to take on new...
Soc 202 - Current Events (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Abigail Lucas 10/30/09 11:11 The population growth in Africa has outpaced the rate that both governments are investing in new health care facilities. Because of this Africa’s health policy makers hope to use the global conference on health promotion to get governments to increase funding in efforts to provide adequate healthcare to poor citizens. The goal of this health conference is to seek...
Soc 202 - Current Events (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Abigail Lucas 9/21/09 2:57 In past months there have been several news stories about the drought in East Africa. However West Africa is also very vulnerable to food insecurity. The difference between the two situations is that West Africa is not in a prolonged drought. Poverty in this region has caused people to reduce their food in-take so that they can afford other expenses such as...
