, COM3702 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS)
Semester 1 2025 - DUE 24 March 2025; 100% correct
solutions and explanations.
Introduce the assignment referring to both questions 2 and 3. 2
REPRESENTATION 2.1 News as representation [30 marks:
600 - 725 words] After the United States withdrew financing for
an anti-HIV initiative, antiretroviral therapy for around 5.5
million South Africans may be interrupted. Concerns about HIV
patients skipping medication, an increase in infection rates, and
ultimately a surge in fatalities have been raised by US President
Donald Trump's worldwide foreign assistance halt, which has
affected millions of patients in South Africa. More than 7.5
million individuals in South Africa are afflicted with the AIDS
virus, more than any other country. Following Trump's
suspension of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief,
or PEPFAR, financing for the 5.5 million South Africans getting
antiretroviral therapy is again under scrutiny. The United
Nations AIDS agency estimates that since its launch in 2003,
PEPFAR has saved at least 26 million lives worldwide. Adapted
from a variety of on-line newspaper articles. Select your own
online or printed news story from a newspaper that covers the
withdrawal of financing for HIV and PEPFAR by the US. You
will need to acknowledge the news article in the text and in the
list of sources consulted. Also, attach the news story as an
addendum. Based on the story selected, answer the following
questions:
Semester 1 2025 - DUE 24 March 2025; 100% correct
solutions and explanations.
Introduce the assignment referring to both questions 2 and 3. 2
REPRESENTATION 2.1 News as representation [30 marks:
600 - 725 words] After the United States withdrew financing for
an anti-HIV initiative, antiretroviral therapy for around 5.5
million South Africans may be interrupted. Concerns about HIV
patients skipping medication, an increase in infection rates, and
ultimately a surge in fatalities have been raised by US President
Donald Trump's worldwide foreign assistance halt, which has
affected millions of patients in South Africa. More than 7.5
million individuals in South Africa are afflicted with the AIDS
virus, more than any other country. Following Trump's
suspension of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief,
or PEPFAR, financing for the 5.5 million South Africans getting
antiretroviral therapy is again under scrutiny. The United
Nations AIDS agency estimates that since its launch in 2003,
PEPFAR has saved at least 26 million lives worldwide. Adapted
from a variety of on-line newspaper articles. Select your own
online or printed news story from a newspaper that covers the
withdrawal of financing for HIV and PEPFAR by the US. You
will need to acknowledge the news article in the text and in the
list of sources consulted. Also, attach the news story as an
addendum. Based on the story selected, answer the following
questions:
