108*
Ethiopia
183*
Kenya
105*
Nigeria
113*
Rwanda
166*
South Africa
100*
Uganda
121*
Zambia
161*
Zimbabwe
116*
*signifies probable death before 5
years of age.
Former World Bank head James
Wolfensohn commented about AIDS
in the Security Council session that:
―Many of us used to think of AIDS as
a
health
issue.
We
were
wrong………….nothing we have
seen as a greater challenge to the
peace and stability in African
societies than the epidemic of
AIDS………….we face a major
3. Bioterrorism
After the September 11 attacks in
the United States in 2001, mailing of
anthrax spores in the USA, biological
weapons used by Iraq against its
Kurdish population in 1988 and the
attack on Tokyo subway station using
sarin by the Aum Shinrikyo cult in
1995 all have provided evidence of
use of biological materials for
harmful purposes. The aftermath of
any incident where biological
weapons are used against common
people have become the matter of
discussion and research in many
western countries. Health issue
becoming more and more considered
not only as a development issue but
also as an issue of security.
Globalization as a process of disease
multiplication
It is an undeniable fact that
globalization has opened immense
opportunities for men. As it is not
possible today to remain separate
from the entire world, so what is
required is to take adequate effective
prevent measures. Most of the
diseases those spread throughout the
world are very difficult to cure. We
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development crisis and more than
that, a security crisis.‖
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Brookings scholar P W Singer shows
the number of Childs per 1000
children who will born with AIDS in
Africa by 2010: