World Aids day Since 1988‚ the World AIDS Day is held on December 1 every year. It is an international day to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS around the world. On this day‚ besides raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection‚ memorials are held to honor persons who have died from HIV/AIDS. Government and health officials also observe the event‚ often with speeches or forums on the AIDS topics. Since 1995‚ the President of the United States has made an official
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AIDS: The Silent Killer Introduction AIDS is one of the most commonly known sexually transmitted diseases. The last stages of HIV‚ Human Immunodeficiency Virus‚ are what we know as AIDS‚ Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. HIV is similar to other viruses like the flu or common cold except the human immune system cannot destroy the virus. The virus can hide in the cells of the body for long periods of time and attacks important parts of the immune system like T-cells or CD4 cells. Once HIV destroys
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In the novel “fighting Ruben Wolfe” many family and social issues are raised. One of these is “Ruben may win more fights but Cameron is the real winner.” This topic became apparent after every fight in which Cam was knocked to the ground and every time he got right back up and continued he never gave up‚ and also in the quote “I walk with Rube and Bumper on either side of me...the blood is drying on my skin. My legs move forward. Once more...just keep walking‚ I tell myself. Head up. Head up‚ I
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By: Richard Humphrey E-mail: rhumph@po-box.mcgill.ca Introduction Since the appearance of AIDS in the late seventies and early eighties‚ the disease has had attached to it a significant social stigma. This stigma has manifested itself in the form of discrimination‚ avoidance and fear of people living with AIDS (PLWAs). As a result‚ the social implications of the disease has been extended from those of other life threatening conditions to the point at which PLWAs are not only faced with
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After viewing the documentary film‚ ’Out of Control: AIDS in Black America’‚ I was shocked and vividly awaken to how this disease has reached epidemic portion in the black community of this country‚ and how it has been ignored by both black and white leadership at all levels of community involvement and well as at governmental levels . Phill Wilson‚ executive director of the Black AIDS Institute in Los Angeles says that many of our black leaders and celebrities have acknowledged and supported to
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Fighting Dogs “He was dragging her and all her scalp was hanging by her side. He wouldn’t turn her loose. He would let her go and attacked her again. I saw police shoot the dog with a stun gun. That’s the only way they could cut him loose.”-Rudy Bernal. This was a report from someone’s “family” dog‚ a pitbull‚ attacking a person. This is why I believe that fighting dogs like pitbulls and Rottweilers should not be kept by the general public. There is a tremendous amount of danger for your own children
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A lot of people don’t get tested because they don’t believe something like this can happen to them until it do then they walk around miserable and feel as if life is over. Getting tested every six months makes a difference depending on how sexually active you are you might want to get tested more. I personally get tested every 3 months because my mother died from this virus and I do not want to leave my kids the same way she left me. Although you may not be that comfortable it is for the better
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US has historically provided aid‚ including food aid to poor and needy countries. Considering their geopolitical relationship‚ the US has been administering food aid to Haiti for decades. Food aid should not be overlooked as a kind act of charity provided by richer countries to developing world‚ but instead as a political tool powered by the ever present demand of need and hunger. The United
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PharmaPoint: Ulcerative Colitis - Global Drug Forecast and Market Analysis to 2022 On 14th April 2014 During the forecast period from 20122022‚ the growth of the UC market will be driven largely by the entry of Johnson & Johnsons (J&Js) Simponi and Takedas Entyvio‚ which will lead to an increase in the overall number of patients being treated with biologics in the US‚ 5EU‚ Japan‚ and Canada. Another key event affecting the UC market is the anticipated launch of biosimilars‚ given that the patent
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Fighting Ground Summer Reading Assignment The Fighting Ground is about a thirteen year old boy named Jonathan. Jonathan has wanted to be a soldier since he was a little boy because his father and his brother were also soldiers. There was going to be a war and Jonathan wanted to join. However‚ his father disagreed of him being a soldier because he was too young. Jonathan went to the tavern where the Americans prepared to fight without any telling anyone. Before he started fighting he was kidnapped
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