First, additional research must be developed to help find an ultimate cure for this disease. This would be the ultimate form of control and eradication, and would eliminate this social problem from the world.
However, this research is costly and takes time. Simply developing drugs that help combat the disease effectively has taken decades, and there is still no cure or preventative for AIDS, other than abstinence. There is an office of AIDS research in the Federal Government that coordinates research and development activities, and there is research under way to help develop an AIDS vaccine to prevent the disease. Research should be heavily funded, and if federal funds are not available, they should be sought through the private sector. Millionaire Bill Gates notably gave several million dollars to AIDS research several years ago, and others could be encouraged to do the same to that research and development is sped up and a cure comes faster. The faster a cure or vaccine is developed, the more lives will be saved around the world.
Research is one key to AIDS eradication, but another important step in the process is prevention. Most young people are aware of the AIDS virus today, and many take precautions, such as always wearing a condom or never sharing drug needles. However, education is not as evident in many other countries around the world, and it seems as if this is another compelling way to stop the spread of the disease and eventually eradicate it. This would help save lives, but also eliminate the social aspects and costs of the disease, which are massive, especially in undeveloped countries that struggle with poverty and have few resources to combat the disease. The researchers continue, "The devastation caused by HIV / AIDS not only has a human cost, it also has a serious social impact on every nation-state touched by this disease" (Da Cruz, Da Cruz, and Hammers, 2007). Sadly, most of the victims of AIDS range from about 15 to 49-years-of-age, which means it is the young generation that is growing...
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