Friday, February 1, 2013

How is HIV/AIDS slowing down the development of LEDCs? (less economically developed countires)

How is HIV/AIDS slowing down the development of LEDCs? (less economically developed countires)?

STDs - 3 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
When the desease is unchecked you will literally loose a generation or more of the developing people. Children will be born with HIV and vener grow up to contribute to the advancement of their country.pp
2 :
in LEDC's, all money that the government gets is spent on the weakest of areasin the economy. And in LEDC's poor people cant afford condoms and then get infections/diseases and have to go to the hospital/medical service. So more and more money has to go on improving the health services than that could b spent on other areas within the country or city such as creating jobs, new affordable home and education
3 :
There are multiple reasons. In an LEDC with a large HIV/AIDS population, here are some of the problems: 1. Many children are left without parents, or left without highly capable parents, because they are ill. 2. Poor availability of medical care means that HIV/AIDS patients die much faster than in other countries. 3. More people die at a younger age than normal, creating a deficit of highly knowledgeable and well-trained individuals. 4. More money must be diverted to health care, and away from other types of services that are also desperately needed. 5. Focus on helping these countries from more developed countries switches to palliative treatments of the disease, as opposed to aid in other areas. 6. The long incubation period between when a person becomes HIV positive and when a person develops AIDS means that the disease becomes more widely spread more quickly. It also makes containing and controlling the disease more difficult. A country hit by something that kills very quickly suffers significant immediate damage, but then can refocus all of its efforts on rebuilding. A country hit by something like HIV/AIDS has a persistent problem diverting resources and destroying the population for decades.

Read more discussions :