tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post116647107551344020..comments2024-02-21T17:03:05.861-08:00Comments on Petrelis Files: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08359712473083091475noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post-1171402909015603252007-02-13T13:41:00.000-08:002007-02-13T13:41:00.000-08:00As a nonprofit professional, I would like to say t...As a nonprofit professional, I would like to say that although I cannot comment specifically on the merit of any one of these salaries, in general I believe that nonprofits need to compensate their employees well--more in line with for profit agencies. This is important work that they are doing--and they should be rewarded. Often, nonprofit professionals are paid one half of what a comparable job in the for-profit industry would pay. It is not easy to make such a career sacrifice when you are competing in an expensive city with people who make careers in banking, law, business etc. I think it is important to attract smart, talented, dynamic people to nonprofit careers and if the system actually financially penalizes them, it is wrong. Why should the scuzball lawyer or banker get to buy a house and send their children to college but the nonprofit professional destined to a life of financial troubles? Really, I think the same economic system that refuses to value the hard work of nonprofit professionals is the one that also creates such disparity for those struggling with AIDS.illuminatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185078340742106405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post-1169892487267720292007-01-27T02:08:00.000-08:002007-01-27T02:08:00.000-08:00HIV/AIDS in the Asian RegionAfter 25 years of HIV/...HIV/AIDS in the Asian Region<BR/><BR/><BR/>After 25 years of HIV/AIDS prevention efforts considerable knowledge has been accumulated regarding how the spread of HIV/AIDS can be controlled. It is necessary to block the transmission of the virus by changing the behaviour of people who are most at risk of contracting HIV infection and of transmitting it to others. The main approach to prevent sexual transmission are convincing people to delay or abstain from sex, to have fewer sexual partners and to use condoms in order to reduce the likelihood that sex between an infected and uninfected person will lead to an infection. <BR/><BR/><BR/>HIV/AIDS is not new to the Asia. More than two decades into the epidemic, the situation of HIV within Asia continues to grow at an alarming pace, with one person dying every minute due to an HIV related disease. With moderately 10 Million people living with HIV/AIDS, the impact of the epidemic can be devastating. The “Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation” identified four major approaches in a groundbreaking study on spread out HIV in Asia. This study undertook by comparing of social-economic norm, family pattern, economic dependency, cause of mounting sex industries, gender discrimination status & global analysis fact. There are four factors that appear to play a crucial role in HIV transmission in Asian countries: Injection/ intravenous drug use (By sharing needle), female sex work (Due to lack of safe sex knowledge), gender discrimination (which indirectly force females commercial or non-commercial sex), Same sex/ homosexually/ Hijara (Due to lack of HIV/AIDS information, because they act invisible in this society). Poverty & illiteracy fueled it proportionally.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Overall, the countries in the region are considered to be in the early stage of the epidemic with the exception of Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand which are experiencing generalized epidemics—a generalized epidemic is one where 1% of the population are HIV positive. The prevalence is growing in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, China, Vietnam and Indonesia, with epidemics concentrated largely among vulnerable populations such as sex workers, intravenous drug users and men who have sex with men. The bulk of the burden of HIV is on poor people, marginalized communities, the youth and women. <BR/><BR/><BR/>In this region, there are some superstitions about HIV/AIDS. This can be found in other countries too. Suppose, one-third people of China think that by using bathrooms, towels, plates and glasses of AIDS patients, HIV can be infected. Remember, it is not true certainly. The virus has been found in saliva in a small percentage of infected people, but usually this is late in the stage of the disease when you would not expect people to be too sexually active. After HIV enters the body, it attacks the immune system in stages. A person with HIV can infect others once the virus enters the bloodstream.<BR/><BR/><BR/>In the past few decades, the Asia has witnessed unprecedented economic growth and a rise in living standards. However, it has brought to the region disturbing concerns such as increasing levels of economic disparity, income poverty and new forms of deprivation. In addition, challenges such as conflicts, various forms of exploitation and discrimination, and gender inequality continue to mark the region’s socio-economic and cultural landscape. The fact that about 600 million people in the region live on less than US$ 1 a day testifies to the stark reality that a large majority of people in the region are still disempowered, with limited or no access to resources or information that would improve the lives.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Shravea Kumar<BR/>CEO<BR/>Urban Development Center (UDC) <BR/>Ahmedabad Gujarat<BR/>India<BR/>shraveakumar@walla.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post-1166552055571597582006-12-19T10:14:00.000-08:002006-12-19T10:14:00.000-08:00Meanwhile, people who are trying to scrape by on a...Meanwhile, people who are trying to scrape by on a fraction of those salaries are told they earn too much money to qualify for ADAP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com