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    Global Health Notes

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    6/20 What is Health? * Well-being according to cultural standards. * Health is a state of complete physical‚ mental‚ and social well being * Much more than treating current illness or disease * Health is multidimensional * Age‚ sex‚ cause‚ loss of function‚ QOL (Quality of Life) How do we measure health? * Diseased/Not diseased * Healthy/Not healthy * Continuous outcome * A range of states from health to illness * Hard to find an equivalency

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    Specialized Records: A Look into the Release of HIV Records. Melinda Bryant Medical records are articles of information regarding a person’s health care that have been compiled over a period time into a file or chart. These records serve as a baseline of care received‚ which means that each physicians visit‚ each test result‚ each treatment‚ etc. is documented in the record. The general rule is‚ if it is not in the medical record it did not happen. All medical records are considered to be

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    population of a global infection AIDS stands for Acquired immune deficiency 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

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    ------------------------------------------------- How is the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Affecting People in the World? (Statistics‚ How It Came About And Prevention) Within the last fifteen years the Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) has increased significantly since its first recognition in the United States of America in the early 1980s. HIV/AIDS is one of the top killers in the world today. In July 2008‚ the UNAIDS 2008 Report estimated that at the end

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    O N An Overall View of HIV/AIDS Statistics in UK: According to the Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases‚ in the early 1980s‚ the number of people diagnosed with HIV was a increasing steadily. From 1987 to 1990 the cumulative number of HIV diagnoses reported was almost doubled (from 8‚016 to 15‚166) (1‚ 2). Between 1990 and 1997 there were between 2‚000 and 2‚700 HIV diagnoses reported annually.(3) From 1999 there was a huge rate of increase in the number of annual HIV Infected people‚ peak period

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    First‚ we will introduce you to the world situation with regard to health care. Then‚ we will explain the link between health issue‚ poverty and economic factors. Eventually‚ we will talk about the actions taken against these issues. Despite incredible improvements in health since 1950‚ there are still a big number of challenges as regards global health. One billion people lack access to health care systems. 36 million deaths each year are caused by noncommunicable diseases‚ such as cardiovascular

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    Chartrice Hubbard Kevin Waltman EN 101 6 Oct 2013 Informative Synthesis Essay: HIV/AIDS Antiviral Therapies HIV/AIDS‚ those seven letters open people eyes. When HIV first revealed itself everyone was on pins and needles because of the lack of information. HIV has developed many stereotypes. Many of the social stereotypes attached to people living with HIV/AIDS are incorrect. Since the late 2000s the improve antiviral drug therapy has led to a better or “normal” life for infected individuals

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    follow-up Because a new HIV diagnosis can be stressful to an individual‚ it is not only important to seek follow-up care from a medical standpoint‚ but from a mental and spiritual standpoint as well. Some follow-up recommendations may include: 1. Prompt medical treatment for initiation of antiretroviral medications‚ appropriate vaccine administration 2. Continuation of medical care including taking prescribed medication‚ even when not symptomatic. 3. Education regarding changes in behaviors to

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    Policy Brief: HIV/AIDS Prevention Among Adolescents in South Africa Heterosexual intercourse among adolescents is the primary method of HIV transmission in South Africa‚ with the majority of new infections occurring in the 21 – 25 year age group. An HIV-prevention campaign promoting abstinence among young people would seem to be an effective barrier to further infections. However‚ a policy promoting abstinence approaches the problem only superficially‚ and would not take into account all of

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    The vast majority of the people infected with HIV and has AIDS do not live in developed countries and do not have an access to therapies. Local governments cannot afford vast reimbursements of health care products and that dispense the citizens of the lifesaving "cocktails". The issue is complicated by the fact that developing countries have poor infrastructure‚ poor health care systems and poverty that prevent the distribution of anti-AIDS drugs. The international community is facing a dilemma

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