Global Health Issue: HIV from Local, National, and Global Perspective

Report on a global health issue from a local,
national and global perspective

Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Global Health Concerns...................................................................................................................4
Service Models.................................................................................................................................7
Practitioners...................................................................................................................................10
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................15
References......................................................................................................................................16

Introduction
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that contaminates the cells of the immune
system, destroying their potential. Sub-Saharan Africa continues to carry a lopsided part of the
global HIV problem. In mid-2010, approximately 68% of those living with HIV lived in sub-
Saharan Africa, an area with only 12% of the world population (UNAIDS, 2011). about 3.5
million in Nigeria in 2012, making Nigeria the third of the countries with the highest HIV
infection rates on the planet after India and 2012) Public pollution is gradually decreasing, from
a high of over 5.5% in 2001 to around 3% in 2012, as revealed by the National Survey of HIV
and AIDS and Regenerative Health Nigeria (NARHS Plus II, 2012). Similarly, the review
provided data for a number of socio-economic aspects as follows. Metropolitan leadership was
3.2%, compared to 3.6% for rural areas. Of the six international zones in Nigeria, the South had
the highest at 6.3% and the Southeast at least 1.3%. The age groups with the highest and lowest
scores were 35 to 39 (3.6%) and 15 to 19, 40 to 44 and 45 to 49 (2.7%), respectively. There was
no overall significant difference between women (3.4%) and boys (3.3%).
The main course of HIV transmission in Nigeria is direct friendship (making up over 80% of
new infections), followed by mother-to-child transmission. Of the new adult pollution, 38% can
be attributed to female sex workers (FSW), drug abusers, (IDUs) and men with sex (MSM) who
make up 3.5% of the adult population ( FMOH), 2010 and NSP, 2010). In addition, IDU and
MSM are becoming increasingly important (NSP, 2010).
There has been a shift from reviewing the risk of HIV as a predominantly individual behavior to
examining it as something that is influenced by social, financial, political and more critics
(Weine and Kashuba, 2012) . Some social and financial factors appear to have a significant
effect on commonality, including education, wealth, and marital status. To explain the reasons
for a strategy and to formulate operational AIDS methods, it is valuable not to have an accurate
picture of the various decisions and their importance in contributing to the prevalence of HIV.
Over the years, it has been observed that international perspectives upon health and social care
changes from time to time. These changes are required to be managed to improve, which can be
done considering key integrated service models. This project has an aim to develop critical

analysis of. Various approaches have been used to demonstrate awareness of the impact of these
issues upon services in other countries. The chosen disease is HIV for studying the impact of role
of heath care practitioners in European and other developing countries. The project has been
discussed in three interrelated subheadings; Global Health Concerns, Service Models and
Practitioners. The reason behind shortage of skilled workforce in respect of curing HIV has also
been discussed in this assignment.