Aids Epidemic in Africa Over 30 million people worldwide have been infected with the HIV-AIDS virus. With such high numbers‚ the troubling fact is that 95% of those cases permeate Africa. Obviously AIDS cannot be cured or reversed in any sense‚ however with proper insight and treatment it can be controlled. The means for proper treatment is exactly what Africa lacks‚ in comparison to other regions. Nearly 2.3 million deaths occurred in 2003 within the sub-Saharan region of Africa.The efforts
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HIV AND PREGNANT WOMEN When people discover they are HIV positive‚ the though must be inconceivable. People‚ think “why me?” and it seems as though the world is crumbling down around them. Of course‚ everyone reacts differently and develops his or her own way to cope; however‚ it is crucial for him or her to realize that he or she is not alone and other people are fighting the same battle. The anxiety and stress about what the future holds takes over all thoughts and takes a toll on the body‚ making
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23 May 2014 HIV AIDS Essay “People who are HIV positive should not have children”. I am in agreement with this statement and while some may view this as a violation of human rights‚ I think a strong argument can be made in favour of this statement. HIV is described as a pandemic. The Dictionary of Epidemiology defines a pandemic as “an epidemic occurring on a scale which crosses international boundaries
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Drug Education Writing Assignment Currently being used in about eighty percent of schools in America is the DARE program. DARE stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education and has taught over thirty-six million children. One of the recent debates in education is whether or not this program is actually effective in preventing the use of drugs and alcohol. On the official DARE website it gives success statistics based on if parents and teachers were satisfied with the program and if a child talked
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important factors in determining the relative emphasis placed by policy-makers‚ in S.A. on prevention as opposed to treatment of HIV. ’ One of the major problems affecting the South African country is the spread of HIV. The country is believed to have the most number of HIV victims than any other country. As seen on the diagram‚ South Africa has the highest adult HIV prevalence. (GRAPH) Only 10% of the children who need treatment are able to have the benefit of undergoing treatment; this causes
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When AIDS first emerged‚ no-one could have predicted how the epidemic would spread across the world and how many millions of lives it would change. There was no real idea what caused it‚ and consequently‚ no real idea how to protect against it. Now‚ in 2004‚ we know from bitter experience that AIDS is caused by the virus HIV‚ and that it can devastate families‚ communities and whole continents. We have seen the epidemic knock decades off countries’ national development‚ widen the gulf between rich
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of IV drug needles‚ for example when they’re not sterilized after using the needles on an infected person‚ or other special blood treatments. Other ways of transmitting include breastfeeding and childbirth. They can even be transmitted by sharing sex toys with an infected person! Ongoing treatments and studies are taking place in order to take complete control of these diseases‚ and the branch of medicine in charge of this is called venereology. 2. What Is HIV/AIDS? What is HIV? HIV stands
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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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Suggest reasons for successes and failures of the management of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. HIV and AIDS are having a devastating impact in Sun-Saharan Africa. For example in 1999 it was estimated that two thirds of the people suffering from HIV were found in sub-Saharan Africa. Also in 2008 a UNAIDS report showed this area accounted for 75% of the global death toll from AIDS. This just demonstrates the damage it is doing. Management strategies are being put in place‚ however some there success
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Virology 4.03.12 ® Dr. Angela Stanic Management of HIV Infection HIV Basics HIV= human immunodeficiency virus causes AIDS Attacks the immune system and causes depletion of the CD4 (white blood cells) cells With time‚ a person progresses to AIDS Testing is available Rapid tests are confirmed by more accurate antibody tests No cure But we have long term therapies available HIV Laboratory Parameters HIV Viral Load (HIV RNA) Number of HIV copies/mL measured in a person’s blood This test tells you how
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