History of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases‚ or commonly known as STDs‚ are the most common diseases known to man and it is one of the largest growing issues not only in the United States of America but around the globe. Sexually transmitted diseases are primarily spread through sexual contact from individual to individual‚ whether it is oral‚ vaginal‚ or anal sex. It can also be passed on by skin to skin contact such as through skin lesions‚ sores‚ sharing needles
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The January 12‚ 2010 Haiti Earthquake caused an enormous destruction in the Caribbean nation. Hospitals and government buildings collapsed along with an unbelievable amount of homes. Tens of thousands of people were killed‚ and many more were wounded. The disaster added more misery to people already struggling to get by with everyday life. Haiti is one of the poorest nations in the world. The January 12 quake demolished almost every major building in Port-au-Prince‚ Haiti’s capital. About 5‚000 schools
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islands were used as stop-overs for merchant sailors and pirates providing fresh turtle meat" (World‚ 1). Columbus discovered Little Cayman and Cayman Brac and his fourth and last voyage to the New World on May 10‚ 1503. While sailing from Panama to Hispaniola‚ severe winds pushed his ships off course (Travel‚ 1). Since 1661 the Caymans were settled from Jamaica and the first settlements were razed by the Spanish. In 1670‚ England took over The Caymans from Spain‚ and the islands came under the administration
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Haitian Culture: Impact on Nursing Care The Republic of Haiti is in the western part of the island of Hispaniola in the West Indies. It is densely populated and has the lowest per capita income in the western hemisphere (Kemp‚ 2001). The population of more than seven million is made up of mostly descendents of African slaves brought to the West Indies by French colonists. The horrible conditions in Haiti‚ such as crushing poverty‚ unemployment and illiteracy‚ and high rates of acute and chronic
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towns. Some pirates were referred to as corsairs or buccaneers‚ determined by their time period and area of operation. During the 15th through 18th centuries‚ pirates who sailed the Mediterranean Sea were called corsairs‚ and pirates native to Hispaniola or Tortuga (part of the Caribbean Islands) during the 17th century were known as buccaneers. Most pirates were
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Was the conquest of Mexico justified? Was it the work of men carrying out God ’s will on Earth? Or was simpler than that? Was it just greed and jealousy‚ as old as Cain and Abel? This question can be debated to no end by people on opposite ends of the spectrum. The Spaniards were quick to justify their actions as fair‚ proper‚ and necessary. However‚ a more modern‚ western mind can certainly look at the events and judge them to be unjust‚ perhaps even evil a likening to the violence and prejudice
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May 10‚ 1655‚ an English expedition‚ commanded by Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables‚ landed at the present-day coastal town of Passage Fort‚ in the southeastern parish of Saint Catherine. This expedition‚ which had failed to capture Hispaniola‚ proceeded to claim the island of Jamaica for England. At the time of the English conquest‚ the Spaniards were unable to effectively resist the invasion because only about 500 of them were armed with weapons. The English ordered the Spanish colonists
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Christopher Columbus: Hero or Villain? Dear Milford Board of Education‚ Was Christopher Columbus really the hero that everyone perceived him as? Or was he really just a scoundrel who was not accepting of others? And should we celebrate Columbus Day or should we not? Most are innocent to the facts about Columbus believe that Columbus is a hero‚ but I’m not that naive. I believe that Christopher Columbus was more of a villain than a hero. Although he discovered the Americas and he followed his
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Executive Summary: This policy brief will discuss a problem with democratic consolidation in the Dominican Republic and policy recommendations to fix that issue. Although the Dominican Republic has a relatively good democracy compared to other countries in the region‚ there are still some problems that can affect the country’s governmental stability. The problem I will be discussing in this brief is the growing discrimination against people of Haitian decent in the Dominican. Specifically I will
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with the germs the Europeans brought with them. The germs that people of the Old World had grown resistant to were now introduced to over 1 million people. Within 50 years of their arrival‚ the smallpox disease killed about 800‚000 Taino natives in Hispaniola. Not only did it affect this group‚ but also within centuries of Columbus’s arrival almost 90 percent of the Indian population perished from Old World disease. A few years later in the 1500s‚ Spain became dominant in their colonizing and exploring
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