Hiv/Aids in South Korea
HIV/AIDS in South Korea
Fall 2011
H312 AIDS and STIS in Modern Society
AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) and HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), is a world pandemic disease that has plagued countries around the world since 1981. HIV/AIDS affects both men and women of all ages. AIDS is a deadly disease that deteriorates the immune system. You don’t have to be sexually active to get AIDS some people are even born with it. It has an impact on many people's lives either by themselves being infected, knowing someone who is infected, or being a health care worker. The most shocking aspect of this disease is how rapidly it has spread. As of 2002 the population of those with HIV/AIDS was over 40 million world-wide. The focus of this paper is on aids in South Korea which is located in the Eastern Asia in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan and the yellow sea. The capital of South Korea is Seoul.
South Korea has a population of 48,875,000 people. The nation of South Korea is organized as a republic. The country is split into nine separate provinces and seven different metropolitan cities. The two major religions in South Korea are Christianity and Buddhism. The economic climate in South Korea is market driven and very stable. The number of people living below the poverty line is 15% with a 3.7% unemployment rate. The prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in adults is less than .1% with the amount of 9,500 people living with it and fewer than 500 people dying of HIV/AIDS.
According to Kim et.al.,(2003) the first reported case of HIV/AIDS in 1985, since then it has steadily grown to 1280 over the period of 15 years. HIV/AIDS is treated differently in South Korea than other countries. The most common route of HIV/AIDS transmission in South Korea is through heterosexual contact and with homosexual contact being the second most common. In other countries, such as Germany, the most common route of HIV/AIDS transmission is through
Fall 2011
H312 AIDS and STIS in Modern Society
AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) and HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), is a world pandemic disease that has plagued countries around the world since 1981. HIV/AIDS affects both men and women of all ages. AIDS is a deadly disease that deteriorates the immune system. You don’t have to be sexually active to get AIDS some people are even born with it. It has an impact on many people's lives either by themselves being infected, knowing someone who is infected, or being a health care worker. The most shocking aspect of this disease is how rapidly it has spread. As of 2002 the population of those with HIV/AIDS was over 40 million world-wide. The focus of this paper is on aids in South Korea which is located in the Eastern Asia in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan and the yellow sea. The capital of South Korea is Seoul.
South Korea has a population of 48,875,000 people. The nation of South Korea is organized as a republic. The country is split into nine separate provinces and seven different metropolitan cities. The two major religions in South Korea are Christianity and Buddhism. The economic climate in South Korea is market driven and very stable. The number of people living below the poverty line is 15% with a 3.7% unemployment rate. The prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in adults is less than .1% with the amount of 9,500 people living with it and fewer than 500 people dying of HIV/AIDS.
According to Kim et.al.,(2003) the first reported case of HIV/AIDS in 1985, since then it has steadily grown to 1280 over the period of 15 years. HIV/AIDS is treated differently in South Korea than other countries. The most common route of HIV/AIDS transmission in South Korea is through heterosexual contact and with homosexual contact being the second most common. In other countries, such as Germany, the most common route of HIV/AIDS transmission is through