AIDS Prevention Since many people have the HIV virus or at least heard of it‚ everybody should know what it is and what it does. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. HIV is not spread through kissing‚ sneezes‚ sweat‚ mosquito s‚ eating utensils and drinking fountains. HIV is spread by having vaginal‚ anal‚ or oral sex‚ sharing needles‚ and through the contact of body fluids from an infected person. HIV infected people usually look and feel healthy and may not even know that they are infected. Only
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AIDS in Uganda “Officials estimate that a million Ugandans are living with HIV‚ the virus that causes AIDS. Of these‚ an estimated 200‚000 are in the advanced stages of the virus and need antiretroviral drugs (ARVs). About half of these are receiving treatment.” (Kavuma). For decades the governments of some African countries have been unable to provide the proper healthcare for their people. Among these countries‚ Uganda is home to one of the highest rates of HIV/AIDS. The government has put effort
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482 Dr. Donna Cole December 4‚ 2013 HIV-Infected Parents and Their Children in the United States HIV has an insightful influence not only on the people it infects‚ but also on their families. Children who are dependent on their parents are particularly vulnerable. Because of the effects of HIV disease and the social conditions that are often associated with it‚ parents living with HIV may have limited financial‚ social‚ and emotional resources to draw upon
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with AIDS Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV causes the human immune system to be altered‚ causing the human body to be vulnerable to infections and diseases. AIDS is a growing virus in the human race affecting men‚ women‚ and children. Target Population In the past‚ white homosexual males and intravenous drug users were people who were known as targeted population for Aids. In today’s
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what is it? The issue here concerns South Africa ’s growing HIV/AIDS patients. The world non-the-less isn ’t doing much about the situation that only seems to be getting worse. South Africa already has the highest growing HIV/AIDS rate in the world. The pharmaceutical companies offered very little medical donations or help; they ended up doing quite the opposite. When South Africa attempted to import generic versions of the needed HIV/AIDS drugs because of their drastically cheaper prices the pharmaceutical
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Canada is amongst the many countries that have HIV specific criminal law that persecute people for transmitting the disease. In Canada‚ it is illegal to engage in sexual activities without disclosing seropositive status unless there is a use of condoms and a low viral load is present. Criminal law as prevention for the transmission of HIV seems reasonable‚ but upon examining a bit further in the topic‚ it appears that it is ineffective and might actually do more harm than good to those whom
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SUMMARY of HIV The story unfolds through a documentary on HIV which visual designer and young filmmaker Gil Bustamante (Jake Cuenca) is shooting‚ a job assigned to him by the Department of Health. In the process‚ he discovers so much about HIV/AIDS. Heidi (Ma. Isabel Lopez) contracted the virus from her philandering OFW husband who died three years ago; Ivy (Iza Calzado)‚ a call center agent who was two years fresh from graduation when she applies for a job abroad and is discovered to have also
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the centre of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in terms of rates of infection‚ vulnerability‚ impact‚ and potential for change. They have grown up in a world changed by AIDS but many still lack comprehensive and correct knowledge about how to prevent HIV infection. This situation persists even though the world has agreed that young people have the human right to education‚ information and services that could protect them from harm. Young people are disproportionately affected in the HIV pandemic. They face
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What is AIDS? AIDS‚ which stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome‚ is a human disease caused by HIV‚ the human immunodeficiency virus. In this disease‚ the immune system gradually becomes less effective‚ which leads to more and more opportunistic infections and tumors. It is transmitted when a bodily fluid‚ for example blood‚ semen‚ or breast milk‚ of an infected individual comes into direct contact with a mucous membrane or blood stream of another individual. Although most commonly thought
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than one million cases of people living with HIV in the United States with new cases of infection rates and deaths increasing to a high estimated level of 56‚300. Nursing research plays a major role in the nursing care of patients with HIV. Nursing research on the topic of HIV is very critical for a vast variety of reasons. With the development of new forms of medication and complex treatment regimen programs the life expectancy for patients with HIV is better and growing. Along with the research
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