Essays on Aral

Introduction

The Aral Sea is located in Central Asia and was the fourth largest saline lake in the world containing 10grams of salt per liter before its water supply was interrupted (Rama, 2002). In 1960, the Soviet government undertook a diversion project for the rivers that fed the sea. This was an attempt to irrigate the desert region surrounding the sea to support agricultural activities. This led to the transformation of the desert into cotton farms among other forms of farms. Diversion of the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya rivers led to environmental, social, and economic effects felt by ...

Smart Objectives

The HIV prevention plan for ACB communities set objectives that are responsive to the community intervention strategy of reducing HIV infection amongst Black and African communities in Canada. They address extended HIV Testing, prevention with HIV-infected individuals, distribution of condoms, high-risk negatives evidence based interventions, planning HIV prevention activities, social campaigns, capacity building and program evaluation and monitoring (Shelby, Smith & Mancoske, 2012). As discussed by Haughey (2014), the objectives should be SMART (Smart, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-Oriented.

Thus the objectives would be:

Objective 1: To increase the number of HIV tests undertaken within healthcare settings by approximately 20 percent each year; hence increasing ...

Centers for Disease Control, FDA & Medicaid/Medicare Services

Introduction The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to impact millions of lives in the United States. Over sixty fiver percent of HIV diagnoses are African American individuals ages 13-24(Zanoni and Mayer, 2014). Additionally, 15-24-year-olds comprise 50% of recent HIV infection rates, which are 7-20 times higher among youth of color (CDC, 2013). The mortality rate among these groups is also higher(Fedeli et al., 2015). Currently, there is no medical treatment to cure HIV/AIDS, nor a vaccine for HIV contagion (Kurth, Celum, Baeten, Vermund, & Wasserheit, 2011). Thus making it very challenging for both community and public health leaders ...