Objectives To compare and contrast the causes, transference patterns, and treatments of diseases such as typhoid, T.B., HIV/AIDS, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), dengue fever, West Nile virus, hepatitis A, B, and C, avian influenza, malaria, Ebola fever, and influenza. To analyze the phenomenon and interrelationship of stigma, multiple stigmas or layer stigma and discrimination, and HIV disclosure. To elaborate on the influence of politics, economics, culture, and religion on complementary and alternative medicine and treatments Assignment: Discuss, giving examples, how infectious diseases can spread worldwide in a rapid manner and relate the role of climate and the global spread of infectious diseases. What do you believe to be the major challenges in using complementary and alternative medicine and its research? What would you do or suggest to address such challenges?