Synopsis:-
* Introduction | * The origin of AIDS | * Symptoms of AIDS | * Causes for AIDS | * AIDS and blood or organ donations | * AIDS Awareness Programmes | * Conclusion |
Introduction: - Today, the world is worst alarmed by an incurable disease AIDS. AIDS has been spreading in the world like a wild fire. AIDS is a global problem and there should be a global solution found by the entire international community. It is really scary to see and imagine our world fall into pieces because we refuse to share and put in the common vestiges of our civilizations. "It could be said that the AIDS pandemic is a classic own-goal scored by the human race against itself." - Princess Anne, Ireland. |
The Origin of Aids: - AIDS is caused by the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which originated in non-human primates in Sub-Saharan Africa and was transferred to humans during the late 19th or early 20th century. Two types of HIV infect humans: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is more virulent, is more easily transmitted and is the cause of the vast majority of HIV infections globally. The pandemic strain of HIV-1 is closely related to a virus found in the chimpanzees of the subspecies Pan troglodytes, which lives in the forests of the Central African nations of Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Central African Republic. HIV-2 is less transmittable and is largely confined to West Africa, along with its closest relative, a virus of the sooty mangabey (Cercocebus atys atys) an Old World monkey inhabiting southern Senegal, Guinea, and western Ivory Coast. “It is clear before God and man that the entire war on HIV and AIDS has not been waged with any degree of piety, responsibility and care.” |
Symptoms of Aids: - The symptoms of AIDS are primarily the result of