Globalization of Infectious Diseases

In these days, there are three most common viruses in the world. The first one is the AIDS/HIV; which infected around 33. 4 million people (approximate 9% are children) in 2008 (UNAIDS) this kind of virus is transmitted by sexual contact and blood transfusions; it does not exist any cure. Second one is the West Nile Virus, is newer but not less dangerous than AIDS; because since 1999 it has taken over 500 deaths in the Caribbean, North, and Central America (NBII). One of the advantages of this disease is that is that the only way to be transmitted is by a mosquito bite, so it is easier to control. The last one is the swineflu, which is the newest pandemic; we had more than 718 confirmed cases that had been blamed for 27 deaths in 2009 (CNN). It starts with a common cold, which is converting in a stronger flu producing death; the most known case was president Oscar Arias. In conclusion, the mentioned diseases are so harmful because they caused a lot of death could be avoided with prevention.

Works Cited
1. World Health Organization (UNAIDS). “Global Facts and Figures”. 2009

2. NBII. “West Nile Virus”. Taken from http//west nilevirus.nbii.gov/02/06/2006.

3. CNN.com/world. “Costa Rica president sick with swine flu”. August 12, 2009. Taken htpp//edition.cnn.com/2009/world/American/08/11/costarica.president.h1n1.flu/index.html

Disadvantages of Immigration

Immigrants cause several disadvantages on countries where they arrived. One of them is greater poverty because immigrants’ income is usually lower than natives; therefore, more vulnerable to be affected by downturns in the economy (newbatch). This information is reflected in immigrants’ children poverty rates, which have increased between 1970 and 2000 in 10%, and poor children of native just increased 0.6% (Poverty Grows Among Children of Immigrants in US). Many immigrants cannot study because of education cost, so they receive low education than native, same happen with the health, that in many cases is impossible to pay social security packages. Because of the information above it is desirable to reduce as much as possible the number of immigrants to arrive from foreign countries.


Works cited
1. Van Hook, Jennifer. Poverty Grows Among Children of Immigrants in US. December, 2003. Retrieved on October, 10, 2010. From http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?ID=188

2. Immigration Policy Issues. May, 2010. Retrived on October, 10, 2010. From http://www.newsbatch.com/immigration.htm

Overcoming poverty

Nowadays a lot of people have overcome poverty, even though they had many socioeconomic problems, they can success their difficulties; for example, when my cousin was in her last year of high school she was pregnant with her first child, whose name is Michelle, so she left the school and lost the course. Two years later, at the moment when she returned to study she was pregnant with her second and last child, whose name is Mario, so she had to suspend her studies again. After Mario was born, her boyfriend left her, and she has neither work nor money, but she couldn’t find a job because she didn’t have any academic degrees. She was in a critical economic situation that affected her and her children, any organization wanted to help her, these organizations said she had to wait because several people were before than her. Yet any person or organization helped her, she found a part-time job, which helped her to get money and at nights, while children was sleeping, she studied to the MEP (Ministerio de Educación Publica) tests. After a great effort, she passed little by little every exam, so now she has a high school degree, then she found a great job at the PANI, and her children are growing up in their own house. Today she can say that she overcame her problems, it was so difficult; however, with God and much effort all is possible.