ANTC68H3 Chapter Notes -Social Contract, Multi-Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Structural Violence
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Week #8: the persistent plagues biological expressions of social inequalities by farmer 1999c. Average hiv patient mean age less than 30, half are women, clear majority are living in poverty. 3 drug cocktail for hiv treatment includes reverse transcriptase and protease inhibitors and heralded a new age of optimism in 1996 with its release as possibly the cure or the end of aids. The negative part about this new development was the sheer exorbitant cost. Nothing was done to subsidize these prices initially and people in poor nations could not afford. One can be impressed by the power of modern medicine and yet dejected by our failure to deliver it equitably. Aids spread and distribution is influenced by social inequalities and compounded by structural violence such as gender inequality, racism, and poverty. More women than men have aids, being married is the singles greatest risk factor for women.
