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JKC/B04/0158/2013.
HIV/AIDS ASSIGNMENT 1.
Why age group 15-25 is more affected by HIV/AIDS
Young are increasingly becoming popular with same sex relationships i.e being lesbian or gay. This can result to anal sex and this unlike normal sex exposes the sexual partners to higher risk of contracting HIV/AIDS as compared to the normal sex.
Most young people could already know about HIV/AIDS, how it is spread and ways through which people should protect themselves. Still after all this awareness they lack the support and means through which they can protect themselves. i.e if condoms could be easily available in case they decide to have sex.
In some areas in the world children’s rights aren’t still upheld and therefore they could be sexually abused. The people who sexually abuse them could be already infected with HIV/AIDS.
Young people are also quite largely affected with drug abuse and through this channel HIV/AIDS could be easily spread. Drug use could involve the use of needles to inject drugs in the blood stream and when this needles are shared by different people then HIV/AIDS could be easily transmitted.
Young people begin to develop mentally and physically and the adults are not there to help them in this process of development. They end up making uninformed choices and end up messing up.
Reasons why condoms don’t provide 100% protection.
The HIV virus has the ability to be transmitted through open pores on the skin. Even though the male condom covers the major part of the male organ (penis) it leaves out areas like the lower part of the penis and the scrotum. During sexual intercourse this parts may likely come into contact with the female and thus giving a possibility of infection.
Some condoms that people tend to use may have expired. When condoms have expired they won’t most likely be able to offer the same level of protection the offered when they weren’t expired this is because their efficiency is reduced and hence this gives a
JKC/B04/0158/2013.
HIV/AIDS ASSIGNMENT 1.
Why age group 15-25 is more affected by HIV/AIDS
Young are increasingly becoming popular with same sex relationships i.e being lesbian or gay. This can result to anal sex and this unlike normal sex exposes the sexual partners to higher risk of contracting HIV/AIDS as compared to the normal sex.
Most young people could already know about HIV/AIDS, how it is spread and ways through which people should protect themselves. Still after all this awareness they lack the support and means through which they can protect themselves. i.e if condoms could be easily available in case they decide to have sex.
In some areas in the world children’s rights aren’t still upheld and therefore they could be sexually abused. The people who sexually abuse them could be already infected with HIV/AIDS.
Young people are also quite largely affected with drug abuse and through this channel HIV/AIDS could be easily spread. Drug use could involve the use of needles to inject drugs in the blood stream and when this needles are shared by different people then HIV/AIDS could be easily transmitted.
Young people begin to develop mentally and physically and the adults are not there to help them in this process of development. They end up making uninformed choices and end up messing up.
Reasons why condoms don’t provide 100% protection.
The HIV virus has the ability to be transmitted through open pores on the skin. Even though the male condom covers the major part of the male organ (penis) it leaves out areas like the lower part of the penis and the scrotum. During sexual intercourse this parts may likely come into contact with the female and thus giving a possibility of infection.
Some condoms that people tend to use may have expired. When condoms have expired they won’t most likely be able to offer the same level of protection the offered when they weren’t expired this is because their efficiency is reduced and hence this gives a