The first case study I read was from allafrica.com, and it talked about the Zika Virus in Africa and how the UN agencies stepped up the response measures following the Declaration of Public Health Emergency. On February 1, 2016, there was a declaration of a public health emergency of international concern that regarded the cluster of microcephaly and other neurological disorder in relation to the Zika virus. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Zika virus has spread quickly and has been detected in 25 countries. They diagnose the virus by measuring the heads of a newborn at least one day after birth. If it is below a certain level they feel the disease could be responsible for this diagnose. Even though there is no real conclusive evidence that links the Zika virus to the microcephaly, there is enough concern to warrant immediate action. I feel since the development of the Zika virus we have to be concern with traveling to any country that might contain this virus especially if you are pregnant. http://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00041183.html.
The second case study I read was from the Center for Global Development (CGD, and it talked about how to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in Thailand. This case study was done between 1989 and 1990. The quantity of direct sex workers in Thailand that was infected with the HIV had tripled. It went from 3.5% to 9.3% and within a year it reached 21.6 %. The male who were tested when they entered the army at the age of 21 had rose six times. It went from 0.5% in 1989 to 3% in 1991. Since then the government have been spending about $375 million to the national AIDS program. Most of the money went to the treatment and care of the infected people. This has made the number of people with sexually transmitted infection (STI) to fall from 200,000 cases in 1988 to 15,000 cases in 2001. I feel if this continues we will see less people with the disease. http://www.cgdev.org/page/case-2-preventing-hiv-and-sexually-transmitted-infections-thailand.
My hometown is Schuylkill Haven, PA. In Schuylkill Haven there is not a real scare on any diseases. The children here are vaccinated from polio and small pox before entering the school system. When they reach the middle school age they are vaccinated from mononucleosis which is referred to as the kissing disease. Once you are of college age they give you a booster for this disease. Most of the parent in this region get their children vaccinated but there are a few that refuse to vaccinate. These parents put other children at risk of getting the disease if they contract it. I feel that all children should be vaccinated upon reaching school age no matter what your religion is. The reason I feel this way is because I do not think that it is harmful to anyone if you are vaccinated. As far as I know, there has not been an outbreak of the Zika virus or HIV in this area. Both diseases causes’ kids to be sick and some may die from them.
