Health Issues in the United Kingdom and Turkey

Health Issues in the United Kingdom and Turkey

Introduction

Health conditions vary around the globe. Different countries suffer from different health related issues that have a prominent affect on their social as well as economic environment. Both developed and underdeveloped countries are facing a number of health issues in today's world. It is important to observe that these issues are not only plaguing the poor but the western lifestyle which is typified by a very rich calorie diet, high in fats, animal proteins and refined sugars is creating an energy imbalance resulting in several serious diseases like obesity, cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular problems.

Discussion

According to WHO, the World Health Organization, if nations want to maintain health conditions they need to measure the health care conditions in the country. Industry proficient's feel that a huge part of investments is leaking away in the health sector without coming up with any result.

In this paper, we will discuss the health situation of the United Kingdom with Turkey and will suggest the reasons and consequences of the similarities or differences between the two countries.

HIV Aids in United Kingdom and Turkey

In early 1980s, after the discovery of HIV AIDS in the United Kingdom, there was a constant raise in the number of individuals diagnosed with HIV Aids. It's been 30 years since the first HIV diagnosis in UK and by early 2012, approximately 115,000 infections have been diagnosed in the United Kingdom amongst which 20,000 have expired. Today, people diagnosed with HIV disease in the early stages can look forward to a normal life span as compared to the early decades of the worldwide plague when HIV Aids was incurable. The in progress high rate of HIV diagnoses and less deaths from this disease, following cure advancements, has resulted in a continuous year by year increase in the number of individuals living with diagnosed HIV in last few years. It is estimated that by 2012, the number of individuals in UK living with diagnosed and undiagnosed HIV Aids will get to 100,000. (May, 2011, pp.70-73)

On the hand Turkey is also seeing a continuous increase in HIV infection rates. In 2011, according to the Ministry of Health Turkey, the number of people infected with this deadly virus reached to 5,500. The facts and figures from the Ministry of Health reveal that the total number of Aids infected individuals in Turkey has exhibited a steady rise over the past 4 years. In 2010, it was 4,312, in 2009 3,898 and in 2008, 3,370. The statistics reveal that currently there are 5,224 HIV-infected people residing in Turkey, with males contributing a larger share of the number at 3,723. The highest HIV infection cases are found in the western Marmara region. Provincially, the utmost reported cases of HIV-infection are found in Istanbul. According to the data from the Ministry of Health, 16%of HIV-infected persons are foreign national patients, typically from Romania, Moldova and Ukraine, Moldova and Romania.

These statistics show that United Kingdom is far more affected by HIV ...