Women are facing devastating effects of HIV/AIDS in South Africa and India. In the two countries women are already economically‚ culturally and socially disadvantaged lacking access to treatment‚ financial support and education. They are outside the structures of power and decision making. With no control over their bodies and sexual relations. They are looked at as the main transmitters of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) referred generally as women diseases.This topic is important to study
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University of Phoenix Material Final Assignment Overview and Timeline Final Assignment Overview The final assignment of this writing course is an academic essay‚ which is designed to be comprehensive and apply all you have learned. Use all of the steps in the writing process—planning‚ drafting‚ developing‚ revising‚ editing‚ and proofreading. This assignment takes the form of an essay in which you will be asked to compare and contrast two subjects of your choice. You will write a 1‚050-
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Our world today is a crazy one‚ in many ways. It is so different to what it used to be. The advancement of technology‚ coupled with such things as HIV/AIDS or terrorism and America’s retaliation (and the Iraq War)‚ combines to form a mind boggling‚ and somewhat depressing environment for one to live in. With DVD’s and DVD players‚ Playstations 1s and 2’s‚ and even ’old fashioned’ things such as videos‚ cd’s‚ and computers‚ technology easily confuses the innocent bystander. Then there is the bad
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The Control Of HIV/AIDS in Denmark‚ Germany‚ Poland‚ and the United States Across the world‚ countries have been attempting to implement the most effective measures for controlling dangerous and widespread epidemics. These epidemics are a threat to the livelihood and growth of any country because they have the capacity to destroy entire populations and devastate economies and cultures alike. One of the most well known epidemics of our time is acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)‚ caused by
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THE IMPACT OF MEDIA CAMPAIGNS ON THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS IN UGANDA A CASE STUDY OF GULU MUNICIPALITY BY EGYEYU Henry A RESEARCH REPORT SUBMITTED TO UGANDA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS BOARD IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF A DIPLOMA IN JOURNALISM APRIL 2013 Declaration I‚ EGYEYU Henry‚ do hereby declare that this work is original and to the best of my knowledge‚ never been submitted to any other institution for a ward of any Diploma OR
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CHAPTER ONE THIS DATA SHOWS THE VARIATION OF HIV/AIDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES: Number infected 22.5 mil Percentage of infected who are woman 61% Adult ’s prevalence rate 5.0 Adults and children newly infected 1.7 mil Adults and children deaths due to aids 2006 1.6 mil (72% of global aids deaths) Access to ARVs
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HIV/AIDS: THE IMPACTS ON THE BUSINESS SECTOR AND HOUSEHOLD AND COPING STRATEGIES CHAPTER 1: IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS ON THE BUSINESS SECTOR Introduction AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). In order for the virus to attack a person’s immune system‚ it has to enter the bloodstream‚ and there are three ways in which this may occur: 1. Through sexual intercourse - this includes both heterosexual and homosexual intercourse‚ although most infections
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3.6 The Theological Considerations of the Catholic Church’s Response to HIV and AIDS. The Catholic theologians firmly agree that HIV and AIDS pose three major theological challenges to the Church. First‚ the sheer number of the people infected and affected by the disease means that the Church cannot ignore the problem. This means the Church has AIDS. This underlines the validity of the Church’s response almost in every continent. Secondly‚ the negative economic impact of the disease on the people
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The Story of an Decimated Community The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) did not reach Vietnam until 1990 (National Committee for AIDS‚ Drug and Prostitution Prevention and Control‚ 2012)‚ but its spread was as fast and expansive as anywhere else in the world. At the beginning‚ intravenous drug users (IDU) and female sex workers (FSW) were the major deliverers of the epidemic. However‚ over 20 years‚ it has ubiquitously infected some other groups‚ including mobile workers‚ men who have sex with
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middle-income nation. However Botswana‚ which once had the world’s highest rate of HIV-Aids infection‚ has one of Africa’s most-advanced treatment programmes. However‚ the UN says more than one in three adults in Botswana are infected with HIV or have developed Aids. The disease has orphaned many thousands of children and has dramatically cut life expectancy it is estimated that in a 2002 report 38.8% of adults are HIV positive which is the second highest in the world‚ behind Swaziland. The primary
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