Global Health Class

C H A D  Chad is located in North Central Africa, the population in 2017 was roughly around 15 million. Amongst those 15 million in 2018 120,000 in Chad were affected with HIV, 6500 were newly infected and 3100 had died from AIDS related illnesses. Although there has been some progress within the years the Republic of Chad still has a long way to go.   As present in the graph to the left it indicates how there has been a decline in AIDs related deaths in the recent years. In 2010 there was a 12% decrease in AIDs related deaths  from 3500 to 3100 deaths. The small decrease still is an achievement within the Republic of Chad however as the years have gone on since 2010 it has remained constant thus, the amount of deaths still related to AIDs are high. In chad adults 15 years and over 56 percent are receiving treatment while children under 15 only 16 percent are receiving treatment. This is a step into the right direction however, the mo...

 C A M E R O O N           Cameroon is a small country located in Central Africa, the population in the country is roughly  around 25 million. Cameroon is noticed as a developing country due to its government it "ranks as 152 out f 180 countries that  in the 2018 Transparency International  corruption perceptions index, and 166 out of 190 economies in the World Bank’s Doing Business 2019  report." (The World Bank 2019).       Most developing countries lack the resources for exceptional  healthcare, that being said Cameroon is one that does not have the best track record for having skilled Midwives that can help save lives. On the states of worlds midwifery dashboard estimated met needed it shows that Cameroon is 11 percent estimated met. The Country on Cameroon in 2014 has 1,126,000 pregnancies a year but not many have a Midwives by their side during labor. Midwive...