pandemic

Examples of pandemic in the following topics:

• HIV and AIDS

  • While some of AIDS' initial destruction can be attributed to the slow process of scientific research, the initial surge in infections also illustrates how poor government response and slow flow of knowledge have exacerbated the spread of the pandemic.
  • HIV/AIDS is a major health problem in many parts of the world, and is considered a pandemic—a disease outbreak which is present over a large area and is actively spreading.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa is the region most affected by the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.
  • AIDS prevalence is distributed unequally across the world, with sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia experiencing the worst of the pandemic.

• Infectious Diseases Today and in the Developing World

  • However, as HIV/AIDS has become a pandemic, it is better understood and is known to not just be isoloated to certain groups of people.

• HIV and AIDS

  • The disease is a major health problem in many parts of the world, and is considered a pandemic; a disease outbreak that is not only present over a large area but is actively spreading.

• Population Growth and Overpopulation

  • However, many critics hold that, in the absence of other measures, simply feeding the world's population well would only make matters worse, natural growth will cause the population to grow to unsustainable levels, and will directly result in famines and deforestation and indirectly in pandemic disease and war.