1Background information A joint study by United States Agency for International Development (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
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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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The Secret Origin of AIDS & HIV ...to promote a multidisciplinary view of the religious‚ spiritual and esoteric phenomena. What´s New About Us Links Search Contact Religion home Science home Back to Secret Societies The Secret Origin of AIDS & HIV by ALAN CANTWELL JR.‚ MD Many people have heard the theory that AIDS is man-made. Thirty percent of New York City blacks polled by The New York Times (October 29‚ 1990) actually believe AIDS is an "ethnic weapon" designed in a laboratory to infect
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The salient facts are these: one in four new HIV infections in the United States occur in people under the age of 22. AIDS is already the sixth leading cause of death among 15 to 24 year olds in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 1996) and the leading cause of death among 25 to 44 year olds. In the 12 month period preceding July‚ 1996‚ two thousand‚ six hundred and sixty-seven people aged 13 to 24 were diagnosed with AIDS. A recent study from the Centers for Disease
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WRITING HIV/AIDS INTO THE BUSINESS: Striking a balance between indiscrimination‚ risk management and competitiveness. INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND Despite significant advances in HIV treatment and education‚ people living with HIV and AIDS have had a difficult time obtaining private health insurance and have been particularly vulnerable to insurance industry ‘abuses’. What are the insurers’ excuses for these ‘abuses’? What changes can begin to improve access to insurance for people living with HIV/AIDS
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Demographics of HIV/AIDS in the United States of America HCS/490 Health Consumer Trends and Marketing January 21‚ 2013 Jennifer Pharr Demographics of HIV/AIDS in the United States of America “Every 9.5 minutes someone in the United States is infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).” According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC)‚ there are approximately 1.5 million people living with HIV‚ and one out of five is not aware they are infected (CDC‚ 2011). The first documented case
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Topic Name: HIV/AIDS: Issues and Attitudes In this essay I will explain why the following issues are most important to consider and keep in mind when caring for a person identified as being HIV positive or having AIDS. The issues that I consider most important are how this illness impacts on the patient psychologically; how to prevent HIV transmission and the interventions that are effective; what treatment is available; and the issues surrounding medication adherence and its importance.
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Abdalla A. Bafagih Professor Trent Newmeyer Sociology of AIDS Soc 309Y1F June 21‚ 2004 Impact of Culture on the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Kenya a national culture is not a folklore‚ nor an abstract populism that believes it can discover the people’s true nature….a national culture is the whole body of the efforts made by a people in the sphere of thought to describe‚ justify and praise the action through which that people has created itself and keeps itself in existence
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and contrast of HIV/AIDS prevention and care programme between Gujarat and Maharashtra states in India India has a serious health problem with Hiv/AIDS. In 2006‚ 3.1 million people were living with the virus‚ according to NACO( The National Aids Control Organisation). In 2006‚ the 15-44 age group had a HIV prevalence of 0.28%‚ so 1.7 million people were HIV positive in India at that time. 1986 witnessed the first case then by 1990 it had assumed epidemic proportions. Today HIV positive numbers
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came to hospital to carry yearly medical check-up for various tests including HIV test. Results showed all tests carried out are in good condition except the HIV test result is positive. From the counselling intake session‚ I also know that he is sexually active and has not told any of his partners about this. Isn’t it my ethical responsibility to inform someone that he is‚ in effect‚ dangerous to others? Selected Ethical Decision Making Model – Forester-Miller and Davis (1996) Step 1: Identify the
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