National Framework For Joint TB/HIV Collaborative Activities October 2009 National AIDS Control Organization And Central TB Division Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Government of India New Delhi 1 2 Acknowledgement The National Framework has been prepared jointly by National AIDS Control Organization and Central TB Division‚ DGHS for the training of programme managers under the guidance of Dr. Damodar Bachani‚ DDG‚ NACO and Dr L. S .Chauhan‚ DDG (TB) CTD‚ DGHS by a writing group
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attitudes towards HIV/AIDS: Effects of a health education intervention on two nursing groups in Cairo University‚ Egypt Eman Taher and Rehab Abdelhai* Department of Public Health‚ Faculty of Medicine‚ Cairo University‚ Egypt. Accepted 3 April‚ 2011 Information education and communication (IEC) programs are the most effective available approaches for combating the HIV pandemic especially among nurses. The aim of this study is to assess knowledge‚ perceptions and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS before and
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(USAID) and United Nations International Children Education Fund (UNICEF) and Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) found out that at the end of 2001‚ 13.4million children under the age of 15 had lost one or both parents to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The increase in AIDS‚ which orphans many children‚ is one of the major challenges in many countries. According to HIV/AIDS Perspective (2004)‚ one of the worst consequences of AIDS is the large number of children orphaned as
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Ethical Issues on Confidentiality: Research and Medical Procedures Al Borbs HCS/335 January 20‚2014 Ethical Issues on Confidentiality: Research and Medical Procedures A guiding principle followed by most administrators and health care providers is the concept that ethical principles must match the values of the whole organization. This belief should serve as a continuous teaching to all staff so that the organization’s goals may be uniformly achieved
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issues and issues affecting NEW YORK‚ NY children with special needs. In the spirit of Pedro Zamora’s work to curb HIV transmission and improve the lives of HIV positive people‚ AIDS Action offers a public policy fellowship in his name. The Pedro Zamora Public Policy Fellowship is an excellent opportunity for young professionals‚ undergraduate and graduate students who seek experience in HIV related public policy and government WASHINGTON‚ DC affairs. Based in the Johns Hopkins Bernstein Office Building
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syndrome. AIDS is caused by a virus known as HIV‚ the human immunodeficiency virus. If HIV is contracted the body will begin to make anti-bodies in order to fight the infection‚ if these antibodies are found in the blood the person is known as HIV-positive. HIV causes the immune system to weaken which leads to opportunistic infections that can make the compromised host sick due to the weak immune system which is how HIV leads into AIDS. A person with HIV is known to develop AIDS when the immune system
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HIV And Its Effects 1 HIV And Its Effects Elizabeth Grundy Psychology 102 Dr Peggy Peach October 10‚ 2001 HIV And Its Effects 2 HIV AND Its Effects The effects HIV has on a person‚ symptoms‚ risks‚ history and prevention will be explained. HIV is on a rise among sexually active people. According to Packer (1998)‚ HIV‚ the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)‚ is a member of a family of viruses. The first member HTLV-I and related to STLV-I researchers believe they both have
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likely than uninfected individuals to acquire HIV infection if they are exposed to the virus through sexual contact. In addition‚ if an HIV-infected individual is also infected with another STD‚ that person is more likely to transmit HIV through sexual contact than other HIV-infected persons (Wasserheit‚ 1992). There is substantial biological evidence demonstrating that the presence of other STDs increases the likelihood of both transmitting and acquiring HIV. Increased susceptibility. STDs appear
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commemorations of independence. However‚ of late the country has been grappling with the HIV/AIDS pandemic‚ a deadly evil of magnitude proportions with which no refuge exists. The HIV/AIDS pandemic in Botswana has graduated to being a vicious threat against humanity in spite of sexual orientation‚ age or social status. “Southern Africa is the epicenter of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. In 2003 Botswana had an HIV/AIDS prevalence estimated at 37.3%‚ second highest in Southern Africa after Swaziland”
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social support in coping with HIV/AIDS The terminal nature of HIV has been a source of profound despair in modern civilization. The brutal effects of the virus are untreatable and as a result have forced interventionists to seek other methods of helping patients who have been infected by the disease. Psychologists have sought ways of improving the mental state of patients; at the forefront of this particular research field is the role of social support in coping with HIV. Social support has largely
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