A Cure Remains Elusive but We Can Still Effectively Combat Hiv
Name :Dr Debrah Vambe
Student Number :15933660
Title : Assignment 1 A cure remains elusive but we can still effectively Combat the pandemic
Tables of contents page
Introduction 1
History of HIV 1
Statistics 1
Difference between cure and treatment 1
Transmission of HIV 1
AIDS vaccine 1
Ways to combat the spread and effect of HIV/AIDS 2
Conclusion 3
Introduction
“It all started as a rumor, then we found out we are dealing with a disease. Then we realized that it was an epidemic. And now we have accepted it as a tragedy”.Chief Epidemiologist in Kampala Uganda.
History of HIV
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ( HIV) is the virus that causes the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). There is evidence that AIDS originated in Africa. A ten year study completed in 2005 found a strain of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) in chimpanzees in South East Cameroon. A complex computer model of the evolution of HIV1 has suggested that first transfer of SIV to humans occurred around 1930`s and HIV 2 transferred from monkeys in Guinea Bissau in the 1940 's.
Statistics
According to estimated data of UNAIDS 2008,in 2007 approximately 30.8million adults and 2million
Student Number :15933660
Title : Assignment 1 A cure remains elusive but we can still effectively Combat the pandemic
Tables of contents page
Introduction 1
History of HIV 1
Statistics 1
Difference between cure and treatment 1
Transmission of HIV 1
AIDS vaccine 1
Ways to combat the spread and effect of HIV/AIDS 2
Conclusion 3
Introduction
“It all started as a rumor, then we found out we are dealing with a disease. Then we realized that it was an epidemic. And now we have accepted it as a tragedy”.Chief Epidemiologist in Kampala Uganda.
History of HIV
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ( HIV) is the virus that causes the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). There is evidence that AIDS originated in Africa. A ten year study completed in 2005 found a strain of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) in chimpanzees in South East Cameroon. A complex computer model of the evolution of HIV1 has suggested that first transfer of SIV to humans occurred around 1930`s and HIV 2 transferred from monkeys in Guinea Bissau in the 1940 's.
Statistics
According to estimated data of UNAIDS 2008,in 2007 approximately 30.8million adults and 2million
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