HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS-- A Deadly Disease HIV and AIDS are a silent killer virus that many people have today, and even more that do not even know they have it. With the millions of viruses and diseases in the world, HIV and AIDS are the two that struck the world by surprise, becoming one of the most serious and most common diseases not just in the United States, but also around the world. HIV and AIDS is caused by genetics, accidental contamination, and sex; it therefore leads to medical doctors trying to find a cure, and raises awareness to people, but unfortunately, due to the lack of an indefinite cure, people are dying every day from the deadly virus. For people who have HIV or AIDS, life can be extremely difficult is all aspects. Couples that want to have a family have a difficult decision to make as to whether or not it is safe to bring a child into the world. If they do bring a child into the world, they now have a new problem to cope with, the child being genetically infected with the HIV/AIDS virus. If a family neglects to safely have a child by taking necessary precautions, then they are allowing the virus to be spread to their child, as well as to other people who can now pick up the virus from the family. By not taking safety precautions, the virus keeps spreading from person to person, essentially in a domino effect, allowing it to become more widespread. Bigsu Negese Koye, from the College of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Gondar, Ethiopia, states, “Besides the dominant heterosexual transmission, vertical HIV transmission from mother to child accounts for more than 90% of pediatric AIDS.” “With the vast spreading infections HIV/AIDS, more and more children are acquiring the infection” (Bigsu Negese Koye 1). With more than 330,000 children under the age of fifteen having HIV/AIDS, the amount is chilling to think about (1). Many families whose partners are infected with HIV/AIDS, have different alternatives for having a family of their own.