Take a moment tonight to research issues and ideas around births and deaths. Think about everything from the Zika virus to climate change to drug cartel violence to the heroin epidemic in rural America, etc. There's also the positives as well: improve health care services, birth control, sports for the elderly, etc. Think of something novel or different. And post your video or article here with a brief description. This site might be of interest to visualize births and deaths around the world: http://worldbirthsanddeaths.com/.
Looking forward to hearing your stories.
Best,
PC
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Post by Melanie:
ReplyDelete"The Zika Virus is one of the biggest topics in the world today. The disease is contracted from mosquitos and affects babies developing in their mother's stomach in the first trimester. The babies are born with deformed heads(microcephaly) and are in danger of being blind, deaf, mute or unable to walk in the future, Therefore, pregnant mothers in countries like Brazil are desperate to know if their child is infected with the Zika Virus. They pay up to 900 reais (more than monthly minimum wage) to find out. Most mother's who find out that their baby is infected are asking for abortions. Therefore, the government of Brazil is re-considering if abortion should be illegal since there is no cure to the disease. It is predicted that other countries with the Zika virus will soon legalize abortion as well. Therefore, it is estimated that there will be an increase in abortions, thus a significant decrease in the world's population until a cure to the disease is found. "
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/01/31/world/americas/31reuters-health-zika-brazil.html
ReplyDelete“China ended its decades-old “one-child” policy on Thursday, announcing that all married couples would be allowed to have two children in a bid to reverse the rapid aging of the labor force.” - October of 2015
Cindy and her husband had a second child named Tutu, but because of China’s one child policy they were fined the equivalent of $45,000 (which she could not afford). The child had to live in secrecy and was unable to obtain a “Hukou” ( an important document that allows a person in China to “attend state schools, receive health care, marry, open a bank account or even buy a train ticket”). Nearly 13 million Chinese citizens lack this document and about 60% of them were born out of the one child policy.
Cindy was relieved last month when China ordered local governments to come up with measures to register all citizens. They were able to do so using the Jan 14 directive which stated that the hukou was a “basic right of citizens” but as of now this only applies to certain provinces. However, many parents of children who were born out of the one child policy are confused and scared because those who had children while the one child policy was still in place could still be asked to pay a fine. Cindy is worried that when Tutu goes to school, although he has the document he wont be enrolled due to the fact that they did not pay the fine.
EXTRA:
“Mr. Cheng’s wife was fired from her job at a state-owned company after the couple, both in their 40s, decided not to terminate her pregnancy.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/09/world/asia/china-one-child-policy-hukou.html
An article I found was about the births of India. According to www.indiaspend.com, an estimated 55 per 100 births were unregistered, meaning there was no birth certificate to determine the actual age of an child. The reason why birth certificate are so important is because a correct juvenile justice can be given. In 2011, innocent children who were put in jail were released. And often times, the juvenile claims to be younger by parents when actually some are close to adulthood already. India had difficulty of keeping record of births because so many people are born.
ReplyDeleteSource: http://www.indiaspend.com/cover-story/unregistered-births-put-many-indian-teen-crime-suspects-at-risk-84879
Redesigning Birth Control in the Developing World: Africa
ReplyDeleteThis article centered around the idea of family planning in Africa and how it would affect the population. Sayana Press is a single dose contraceptive that has just been made widely available in Niger, Senegal, Uganda, and Burkina Faso. The biggest problem with birth control in African countries and in other developed nations is lack of access. This new birth control eliminates the need to go to a clinic and risk infection due to unsafe practices, because it is a single use injection. It has a unique Uniject design that needs to be approved by each country individually. As of now, 124 countries have approved the drug, but not this specific design. In many of these countries, there is a negative stigma around birth control in general, so modifying laws has been difficult. The idea is that education and access given to African countries for birth control will lead to Sayana Press being available in these countries. Once it becomes widespread in Africa, the next step would be to make it widespread in South Asia.
http://www.psmag.com/health-and-behavior/family-planning-africa-depo-provera-redesigning-birth-control-developing-world-89234
The Zika Virus is a very scary epidemic. Maybe people want kids and want them to live long great lives, however this virus can take that all away. The Zika Virus is Mosquito born and can be transmitted sexually. Starting in Brazil, South America, it has quickly spread up to other Caribbean islands and is now in Texas, US. This virus is a horrible, but good way to limit population growths. However it's because it will reform your child and the government doesn't want that. This will greatly effect Brazil's population because the government wants them to stop giving birth till 2018. As well as this only three deaths have occurred so far related to Zika. Hopefully Zika dies down fast like the whole Ebola epidemic.
ReplyDeletehttp://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0VK192
Birthrates in the U.S have been declining for six consecutive years. "The average number of babies women from 15 to 44 bear over their lifetime — dropped to a record low last year, to 1.86 babies, well below the 2.1 needed for a stable population." Immigration brings a lot of problems, but when it comes to population immigration is what is saving us from an unstable population. Women in the U.S aren't bearing enough children, but we make up for it because through immigration. However it's really shocking to read that "American women’s rates of childlessness, he said, will probably become comparable to those of the Great Depression, when about one-fifth of women did not have children."
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that women are delaying pregnancy way past their childbearing years. When a women is ready to have a child she can't because she has postponed it for so long and she is no longer fertile. The reason for this is that society's values have changed. Our priority is no longer having a family.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/05/us/us-sees-decline-in-births-for-sixth-year.html
Yeah zika virus has indeed been a horrific outbreak in various parts of the world. But, I'm sure cure for sufferers will soon ditemuka, hopefully, we can hope. nice post, maybe you interest with my post, at http://health-brenda.blogspot.com/2016/02/obat-herbal-penurun-darah-tinggi.html
ReplyDelete" According to a study published in the journal Science Advances, the population growth is increasingly putting pressure on freshwater supply. Some past studies have suggested that between 25% and 40% of the global population face water scarcity. But the new study reveals that the situation is even worse.Population growth, changing consumption patterns, improved living standards, and the expansion of irrigation in agriculture are collectively responsible for the shortage."
ReplyDeleteI found it really interesting that as the living standards improve, water becomes more scarce.
- What can be done to reduce the amount of water consumption?
Reflection on the Huffington Post article “Maternal Death Rates Are Decreasing Everywhere But The U.S.”
ReplyDeleteThe Huffington Post article “Maternal Death Rates Are Decreasing Everywhere But The U.S.” discusses the trends in maternal death rates that have occurred mostly since the 1990s, as well as certain goals the United Nations has tried to achieve during the 21st century, For example, in 1990, the UN agreed upon a Millennium Development goal that would achieve a 75% decrease in maternal death rates by the year of 2015. However, the UN couldn’t achieve that goal since the maternal death rate only dropped by 45% from 1990 to 2015. Most of the current maternal death rates are occurring in the developing world (99%), however they have dropped significantly since 1990. On the other hand, the U.S. was the only country in the world where maternal death rates increased. For example, the U.S. jumped from 12 women dying from giving birth per 100,000 women in 1990 (or shortly after due to other related circumstances) to 28 women women dying per 100,000 births in 2013. The reason for this is because of several factors that are interconnected with each other. For example, the U.S. has failed to provide affordable, accessible, and quality healthcare services to women within the country, mostly due to problems involved in our political system. Not only that, but cesarean section deliveries are also another cause in the rise of maternal death rates within the U.S. because it’s more risky for the lives of women giving birth in comparison to normal deliveries.
C-section deliveries have also risen more than the normally accepted World Health Organization levels--being 5% to 15% of all births done within the U.S.--which is currently at 32.8% of all births since 2012. As a result of these dangerous trends in maternal mortality rates, the U.S. Department of Health has made an initiative to reach a maternal mortality rate of no more than 11.4 deaths per 100,000 births by 2020. On the international level, the UN has changed its goal of decreasing the world’s maternal mortality rate by 75% until the year 2030.
Article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/28/maternal-death-rate-in-the-us_n_7460822.html
ReplyDeleteThis article how family planning in Africa would help the population. A single dose contraceptive
called Sayana press has just been made widely available in Burkina, Faso, Niger, Senegal and Uganda. One of the biggest problem with birth control in African countries like Niger and in other developed nations is lack of access to medical assistance. This new birth control eliminates the need to go to a clinic and risk infection due to unsafe practices, because it is a single use injection. This also resolves the problem caused by porr medical access. It has a unique Uninject design that should be approved by each country. As of now, 124 countries have approved the drug, but not this specific design. In many of these countries, there is a negative stigma around birth control in general, so modifying laws has been difficult. The idea is that education and access given to African countries for birth control will lead to Sayana Press being available in these countries. Once it becomes widespread in Africa, the next step would be to make it widespread in South Asia.
http://www.psmag.com/health-and-behavior/family-planning-africa-depo-provera-redesigning-birth-control-developing-world-89234