HIV-AIDs-Book Review
The problem
The world’s production rate has been adversely affected by HIV-AIDs epidemic; the reason for the adverse effect is the infection rate among the productive population.
When the productive population is suffering, labour force, a factor of production, is reduced. The rate of production in an economy determines on the economic growth rate; on the other hand, politics of a country have an effect on economic growth rate. This book review discusses chapters 5 and 6 of the book “HIV/AIDS: a very short introduction,” Whiteside Allan (Whiteside, 2008).
Dimension of the problem
The HIV-Aid epidemic has an impact on production of goods and service as well as politics of a country; a health population is a productive population, thus when the population is suffering, both physical and psychological, then the country cannot progress.
There are different areas that are directly affected by the condition of the victims of HIV-AIDs (by victims we refer to both the affected and infected), such sectors include agriculture, mining and the transport industry. They are industries that are labour intensive so when the population is not on its best to offer their services, then the sectors suffer.
In developing countries for instance which to large extent have their economies pegged on agriculture have suffered the lack of work force and people to farm for the production necessary for economic development. Production offers a country with the goods required for economic and social development, when the masses cannot produce their own foods, and then the government has a wider burden of getting food to the population. This leads to dependency on other countries and pressure on the minimal production in the community.
The largest numbers of people who have succumbed to HIV-AIDs infection are the young and productive people; the y has the energy and the will to produce for their live hood. However when they have gotten sick, then they are not able to get offer their labour for their economic development; the result is a population that needs to produce but lacks the energy (Whiteside, 2008).
The aged and children depend on working class to have food and other necessities in life, when the young productive people are sick, then their rate of production will reduce, the old suffer and the young cannot be given decent life. In the end, the result is an unending cycle of poverty in communities. Children are not educated and the old lack people to take care of them; countries that have high rates of HIV-AIDs, the living standards of the people is low and wanting, they have no constant supply of food and other life needs.
Evaluating evidence
When it comes to political, politics are the driving force of an economy, the decisions made by leaders is crucial for the development and distribution of resources. The main role of the government is to offer an environment that facilitates production and offer health services.
When a population is sick, then much of the government efforts will be given to health care improvement thus reducing the focus of other important areas. To manage HIV-AIDs in a population, there are massive campaigns conducted to change people’s behaviour as well as inform them on the right way they should engage in sexual activities. This involves massive capital outlays and expenditure by the government.
To ensure that the population is developing, governments have been given the role of ensuring that the population has gone to school and have the right medication; when school going children are left by their parents because of the disease, then the government has to make policies that address their education and welfare concerns. This becomes an additional expense to the government.
From an international level, there must be collaborations to fight the spread of the disease, as different countries come together to find a common ground, there has been the emergence of good international relations; different countries are coming together to seek medication for the disease.
Research in the disease has made some countries to share intellectual properties in the efforts of looking for a solution; on the other hand, the western countries has embarked on massive investments in non-government organizations working in developing countries in the efforts of offering them resources to create awareness, the assistance has eroded countries solemnity.
Developing countries are depending on developed countries for ARVs, the dependency is detrimental in their economies since they can easily be manipulated through the medial pledge they are getting (Whiteside, 2008).
Type of evidence offered
To expound on the matter, the writer has used statistical, textual and historical information to show how the disease has caused havoc in the communities and countries. The writer is using testable results to explain and bring forth his arguments.
Data representation and Idiosyncratic
The writer has made the text easy to read and understand, he develops one point after another and aims at keeping the reader attentive throughout the text. There may be a number of ways of representing data but the writer has choose a straight forward manner and focuses on the important areas only.
Can data be interpolated in a different way?
The information given in the two topics is an elaboration of the prevailing condition, thus it cannot be interpolated differently; however, the understanding and the weight that people will take the information will varies (Stolley & Glass, 2009).
Conclusion
In Chapter 5 and 6, of the book “HIV/AIDS: a very short introduction,” Whiteside Allan discusses the effect of HIV-AIDs on production and politics respectively; the writer observes that the spread of the disease has resulted in low productively.
References
Stolley, K., & Glass, J.(2009). HIV/AIDS. California: ABC-CLIO.
Whiteside, A.(2008). HIV/AIDS: a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.