HIV and AIDS Have you ever wondered what HIV or AIDS are? HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. It causes AIDS which stands for acquired immune deficiency. These viruses attacks the immune system and can cause you to die because it attacks your helper T cells. There are no cures‚ but you can take medication to help with the symptoms. AIDS and HIV are STD. When one person has AIDS and you have contact with that person they can transmit that disease to you. Another way you can develop AIDS
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Cepeda Social Psychology HIV/AIDS Stigma and Discrimination Strayer University November 19‚ 2011 Internationally‚ there has been a recent resurgence of interest in HIV and AIDS-related stigma and discrimination‚ triggered at least in part by growing recognition that negative social responses to the epidemic remain pervasive even in seriously affected communities. Yet‚ rarely are existing notions of stigma and discrimination interrogated for their conceptual adequacy and their usefulness in
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Africa is facing a devastating crisis with respect to the AIDS epidemic‚ currently accounting for over 70% of the world ’s HIV-positive population. There are‚ of course‚ many factors that drive the explosive transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus‚ but in the tangled web that is the epidemic in Africa‚ many of these issues share a common thread. The oppression of women in Africa can be considered the virus ’ cultural vector. Females are rendered powerless in African societies‚ and existing
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AIDs and HIV in Africa * Between 1999 and 2000 more people died from AIDs in Africa than all the causalities combined in every single war to occur in the African continent. * Everyday 4‚400 Sub-Saharan Africans die from AIDs‚ an additional 11‚000 are infected. * In 2008 it was estimated that 33.4 million people were living with HIV in Africa‚ 2.7 million more people were infected from HIV‚ and 2 million deaths from AIDS. * Sub-Saharan Africa alone accounted for an estimated 69%
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HIV is the virus that is commonly transmitted sexually and can develop into AIDS. In the U.S. gay and bisexual of all races are the most severely affected by HIV. HIV can also spread through breast milk‚ blood‚ and needles either through drug use or the use of an unsterile needles when getting a tattoo. Over 1 million people in the U.S. are currently living with HIV and 1 in 7 don’t know it. In the world‚ there are estimated 42 million people that are living with HIV/AIDS. The area with the majority
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E F E R E N C E B U R E A U HOW HIV AND AIDS AFFECT POPULATIONS by Lori S. Ashford T he AIDS epidemic is one of the most destructive health crises of modern times‚ ravaging families and communities throughout the world. By 2005‚ more than 25 million people had died and an estimated 39 million were living with HIV. An estimated 4 million people were newly infected with HIV in 2005—95 percent of them in sub-Saharan Africa‚ Eastern Europe‚ or Asia. While
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Develop a Country with AIDS One often hears that the drug is a ladder to be a developed country. When every illness has its own cure‚ there will be no health problems that we have to consider. Therefore‚ everyone can work hard‚ achieve his or her own success‚ and juxtapose the welfare of the country. But‚ is it true that drug will only bring favorable effects to the society? Is it true that drug is the heavenly way to achieve prosperity? When we talk about drugs‚ we cannot ignore one of the deadliest
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HIV/AIDS/XXX Ricardo Juarez Catherine Emley‚ RN‚ MN‚ CS MA 051B If you talk about AIDS these days‚ most people think of Africa. Since two thirds of the people infected with HIV in the world live in Africa. In some countries over 80 percent of all adults will die of HIV. But the truth of the matter is‚ that HIV/AIDS is a pandemic problem that is all over the world‚ including here in the USA. So what is HIV/AIDS? If you were to ask people around you‚ the majority of the people will tell
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Economic Consequences Of AIDS/HIV Affects on economically active people: • Will not be able to work • Women are the main tillers of soil as well as the main cares when family members become ill • When patients are in hospital it is common for woman to take care of them‚ bath them and feed them so pressure is caused not just by the financial burden of hospital care but by the time lost of tending land Impacts on Sexually active: • Impacts on sexually active people is that they will not
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people in the United States are living with HIV/Aids. HIV is a virus that attacks the immune system. HIV can be divided into two categories HIV-1 and HIV-2. The HIV-1 strain is most common. The HIV-2 Strand is mostly found in West Africa‚ unlike HIV-1 which can be found worldwide. The HIV-1 strand is more pathogenic. HIV if left untreated will develop into AIDS. AIDS is acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. AIDS is the result of a long exposure to HIV. HIV will attack the host cd4 cells. Cd4 cells signal
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