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Policy, diplomacy, and global health make a huge public and global health impact on the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Global funding towards HIV/AIDs relief is crucial in order to implement the policies needed to prevent, detect, and treat this disease. By providing funds to combat and decrease the negative impact of this disease, economic, social, and health growths would increase. Furthermore, when countries like the U.S. and U.K. donate to such causes, they are indirectly increasing the public health of their nations. Global health issues can indirectly or directly affect the health of citizens in the U.S. and U.K. Outbreaks of infectious diseases, foodborne illnesses, etc., cannot only spread from country to country, but also impact trade and travel. The U.S. and U.K. can also learn from the experiences of other countries.

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Policies such as increased availability to antiretroviral treatments towards those infected with HIV/AIDS have been implemented to help those affected by this disease. Furthermore, more testing services have been provided in these regions in order to promote early detection and treatments.

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The region where global health impacts are the highest are in East and Southern Africa, specifically countries like South Africa, Botswania, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. In 2020, nearly 20.6 million people are living with HIV, including children. The region that is the least impacted includes The Middle East and North Africa, where only about 230,000 people were recorded to be living with HIV in 2020.

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Positive Impact of Global Health Policy and Diplomacy

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Positive Impact of Global Health Policy and Diplomacy

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The countries that receive the most funding for HIV/AIDS relief are nations within Southern and Eastern Africa that are the most impacted by this disease. Similarly to Malaria relief, the U.S. and U.K donate the most to these regions, even though their own countries are not as severely impacted. In doing so, they are not only increasing public health in these regions, but also strengthening alliances, and increasing diplomatic and political relations.

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The United Kingdom donates the second largest contribution towards HIV/AIDS relief. In 2020, the U.K. donated $200 million dollars towards the HIV/AIDS global fund.

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In 2020, the United States raised $5.5 billion dollars towards HIV/AIDS funding. The U.S. has the highest amount of funding towards this disease.

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In 2020, about $9 billion dollars was allocated toward HIV/AIDS relief. About $1.5 Billion Dollars of this came from the HIV/AIDS global fund.

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV, is a virus that infects humans and can attack the body's immune system and interfere with the body's capability to fight off infections. If not treated, HIV can lead to AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). Because of HIV/AIDS, regions that are most impacted have a life expectancy much shorter to those in other parts of the world. It has also dramatically slowed social and economic development in these regions.
Thesis: It is crucial that sufficient funding and cooperations amongst ally nations are met in order to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Providing the resources for research, education, treatment, medication, etc., can only be done if global health policies are implemented in these countries.