January 26th, 2012
CHAI’s (Clinton Health Access Initiative) Maternal Health Organization is a groundbreaking initiative designed to drastically increase the health of HIV/AIDS infected mothers and children in developing nations. It has already affected the lives of millions of people around the world with education, medication and raising awareness of the disease.
HIV/AIDS is a chronic, non-curable immune disease. Transmitted through blood and other bodily fluids, it has been a well-publicized health problem in the United States since the 1970’s. However, the US was not the only country affected, and developing nations like those in Africa are among the hardest hit by this disease. Two thirds of people in low income countries who need treatment for HIV/AIDS are not getting it, and one third of those who are getting it stop taking it after two years. This is a huge problem, as people who are not being treated are more likely to pass this disease along to their spouses and future children.
The medications used to treat this highly infectious disease cost, on average, ten thousand dollars per person, per year. People in affluent countries would find this a heavy burden to bear. CHAI has managed to help drastically lower the cost of these medications for the people in such need; taking the cost down to between one hundred and two hundred dollars (per person per year). That’s a reduction of over nine thousand dollars a year per person. The price change is responsible for about six million people now being on medication that could not afford to before.
In any global fight, it is necessary to raise awareness of the problem one wishes to eradicate. CHAI has managed to gather some impressive backing for their health initiatives. For instance, President Clinton launched the Global Pediatric Program in 2005, bringing to light the fact that almost none of the HIV/AIDS infected children in low income countries were receiving treatment at that time. Due to the increased interest in the problem, the percent of children receiving treatment is now roughly equal to the percent of adults who are being treated.
In addition to that impressive feat, in 2005 CHAI decided they needed to reduce the number of cases of maternal based transmission. With a global support system and a comprehensive mode of care, they hope to reduce the number of mother to child transmissions down to zero.
CHAI’s Maternal Health Organization has been a lifesaver for a lot of children and adults alike. Through education, medication and raising awareness, it has been able to greatly relieve the suffering that has been so much a part of lower income countries for generations. Having accomplished so much in such a short period of time, their dream of ultimately eliminating the disease may well be realized in the next few years to come.
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January 25th, 2012
Dr. Hitesh Patel Edison provides different kinds of ophthalmology services to his patients, who visit him at Edison as well as at Middlesex in New Jersey. Any patient, who visits this eye care center will get the highest quality of treatment from all the board certified Ophthalmologists of the New Jersey.
You can get all kind of services from this Ophthalmology Practice center at Patel Eye Associates under the care of experienced doctor, Dr. Hitesh Patel Edison.
He has got extensive experience in this field of treatment and the following areas are his field of specializations.
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Cataracts
- LASIK
- Glaucoma
- Keratoconus
- Presbyopia
- Pterygium surgery
- Macular degeneration
This treatment center has got plenty of experienced doctors. Therefore, they need not have to refer or take any help from the outside source. There are plenty of skilled people already available in the treatment center and you can get an array of services from the center itself.
Innovative Technology and Techniques
This eye clinic certainly provides the best eye treatment. In order to provide such treatment, the clinic utilizes the best innovative method by using cutting edge technology for all kind of procedures that they perform. You will find that the clinic uses Eyemaginations and instructional videos that can provide various detailed explanations of different type of eye related diseases and their procedures. Such kind of videos will help you to educate yourself and also make sure that you are totally informed on the techniques about the treatment. In case, you want to move forward in the treatment, then such information will help you to take better informed decision.
The eye treatment center also performs endoscopic procedure for the treatment of glaucoma, which will ensure that you get the best quality of eye surgery care that is also minimally invasive They also work with the contact lenses of wider variety and there are many practices available for example use of hybrid lenses for the Keratoconous patients. The doctors at the center and Dr. Hitesh Patel Edison have very good experience with the bifocal implants.
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January 20th, 2012
Although he is a plastic surgeon that might claim that exterior beauty is important, Dr. Jay Pensler has a simple saying: “Beauty comes from the inside” is his belief, and it suggests that you should present yourself to the other persons around you naturally. Each person is a combination of qualities, both physical and psychical, and this is why Dr. Jay Spencer considers the beauty of a person being a combination of some advanced factors.
Even if people say that look is not important, the care of those peoples when they are arranging their hair, or when they are choosing their clothes. The truth is that any of us is interested about looks, and the way you see yourself influences the way people around you see you. A person that feels attractive will emanate an impression of trust, ensuring success for the respective person both emotional and physical.
According to Dr. Jay Pensler, plastic surgery is a personal, not medical decision. Your friends and relatives might have an opinion, the medic could give his opinion also, but at the end, the patient decides. During the last decades, Dr. Jay Spencer observed a major change of opinion when it comes to plastic surgery interventions, adopting a liberal point of view when it comes to improving or modifying the personal aspect. Moreover, with the latest medical discoveries and with an increased care for the looks allowed the common people to access those interventions. While in the past, plastic surgery interventions were only available to a reduced number of people, today, Dr. Jay Spencer operates people from all the social categories, and this is surely a positive aspect on the patter.
Of course, each one of us would like to modify a physical aspect that is considered ugly or disgraceful, or it is not in concordance with the ideal model imposed by the actual society. There are a number of restrictive factors that forbid a part of those people to call for the plastic surgery specialist. Dr. Jay Spencer advices you to forget all about those prejudices and do something for yourself. Sure, the people will commend for a week or two, but after this initial phase, you will feel more confident, and you will also have a better opinion about yourself. At the end, it is important to be proud of your looks, and a plastic surgery intervention will surely be a boost of confidence and trust in your own forces.
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