Rural-Urban HIV/AIDS Reflection Paper

Question: Discuss about the Rural-Urban HIV/AIDS Reflection Paper. Answer: Rural-Urban HIV/AIDS Reflection Paper HIV transmission has contemporarily been viewed as escalated in urban-related areas in Malaysia, which is the same case globally. Alfvn, et al. (2017) suggests that the statistical data regarding HIV/AIDs in rural areas in some countries across the globe are not clear and deaths associated with HIV/AIDs are not clinically analyzed. Additionally, I can argue that with concentrated population in the urban centres, HIV/AIDS is transmitted dynamically compared with the rural areas, as such, the ratio of urban to rural HIV transmission is 7: 8(Alfvn, et al., 2017). But, urban areas have more access to testing and surveillance equipment, prevention tools such as condoms, and better health care infrastructure which in turn reduces the transmission rates as compared to the rural areas which lack these facilities(Medicine Malaysia, 2014).In Malaysia rural areas such as Lahad Datu, Hulu Selangor, and Kinabatangan have less infrastructure and poor medical facility as well as less healthcare pro fessionals which attribute to higher HIV transmission rate(Jusoh, 2003). Also, individuals in a rural setting have less access to HIV/AIDS awareness schemes(UN, 2015). As in the case of Malaysia, the 65% of the Malaysian land comprises of the rural populace as data from a report within the New National Strategic Plan: Ending Aids 2013-2016 suggest that these areas have the highest prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS(Ministry of Health Malaysia, 2015). Globally most of the geographical land comprises of rural centers and as such the data by UN (2015) suggests that HIV/AIDS has a higher prevalence rates as the areas comprises of heterosexual populace. References Alfvn, T., Erkkola, T., Ghys, P. D., Padayachy, J., Warner-Smith, M., Rugg, D., De Lay, P. (2017, January 25). Global AIDS Reporting-2001 to 2015: Lessons for Monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals. AIDS and Behavior, 1(1), 1-10. doi:10.1007/s10461-016-1662-9 Jusoh, A. B. (2003). Country Profile Current Status of HIV/AIDS Until 2002. SECTION OF AIDS/STD,MINISTRY OF HEALTH MALAYSIA. Retrieved February 12, 2017, from https://www.aidsdatahub.org/dmdocuments/Malaysia_Country_Profile_Current_Status_of_HIVAIDS_Until_2002.pdf.pdf Medicine Malaysia. (2014, November 30). HIV/AIDS battle: Glimpse of hope amid mammoth task. Retrieved February 12, 2017, from Medicine Malaysia: https://medicinemalaysia.com/medicine/2014/11/30/hivaids-battle-glimpse-of-hope-amid-mammoth-task/ Ministry of Health Malaysia. (2015). National Strategic Plan: Ending Aids 2016-20130. Public Report, Ministry of Health Malaysia, HIV/STI SECTION: Disease Control Division , Putrajaya. (2015). United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS: Monitoring the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS. United Nations.