Why is combating HIV AIDS malaria and other diseases important?
HIV, malaria and other diseases have a direct and indirect impact on rural development, agricultural productivity and food and nutrition security. At the same time, food and nutrition insecurity and malnutrition can increase vulnerability to disease.
Why is combating diseases important?
Disease results in misery, pain, and poverty for millions of people worldwide. That's why treating and preventing disease is so important to us.
What happens if we combat HIV AIDS malaria and other diseases?
HIV, malaria, and other diseases directly and indirectly impact food and nutrition security, rural development, and agricultural productivity. At the same time, malnutrition and food and nutrition insecurity can increase vulnerability to disease.
Why is it important to prevent HIV infection?
HIV prevention has also generated substantial economic benefits. For every HIV infection that is prevented, an estimated $360,000 is saved in the cost of providing lifetime HIV treatment, resulting in significant cost-savings for the health care system.
What is the significance of global health initiatives among its all components?
Global health initiatives were established to tackle increasing global health threats, reduce disparities within communities and between nations and contribute to a world where people live healthier, safer and longer lives.
How do you combat malaria?
Apply mosquito repellent with DEET (diethyltoluamide) to exposed skin. Drape mosquito netting over beds. Put screens on windows and doors. Treat clothing, mosquito nets, tents, sleeping bags and other fabrics with an insect repellent called permethrin.
Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major disease?
6. C: Halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases, including tuberculosis. In the Asia and Pacific region, the prevalence of HIV among the population aged 15-49 years has declined in economies with the highest rates of infection, but has risen in other economies.