3.6 The Theological Considerations of the Catholic Church’s Response to HIV and AIDS. The Catholic theologians firmly agree that HIV and AIDS pose three major theological challenges to the Church. First‚ the sheer number of the people infected and affected by the disease means that the Church cannot ignore the problem. This means the Church has AIDS. This underlines the validity of the Church’s response almost in every continent. Secondly‚ the negative economic impact of the disease on the people
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The Story of an Decimated Community The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) did not reach Vietnam until 1990 (National Committee for AIDS‚ Drug and Prostitution Prevention and Control‚ 2012)‚ but its spread was as fast and expansive as anywhere else in the world. At the beginning‚ intravenous drug users (IDU) and female sex workers (FSW) were the major deliverers of the epidemic. However‚ over 20 years‚ it has ubiquitously infected some other groups‚ including mobile workers‚ men who have sex with
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middle-income nation. However Botswana‚ which once had the world’s highest rate of HIV-Aids infection‚ has one of Africa’s most-advanced treatment programmes. However‚ the UN says more than one in three adults in Botswana are infected with HIV or have developed Aids. The disease has orphaned many thousands of children and has dramatically cut life expectancy it is estimated that in a 2002 report 38.8% of adults are HIV positive which is the second highest in the world‚ behind Swaziland. The primary
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Learning from Mass Media Campaigns for HIV/AIDS Prevention Reviews of mass media campaigns have a special interest for me. They demonstrate what can be done‚ and as importantly‚ what cannot be done‚ by relying on a 1P approach. I have talked about the 5% Solution before‚ and noted another review of mass media campaigns for changing health behaviors. This post focuses on the findings from a review of recent campaigns to prevent HIV/AIDS. What is interesting in this report are the comparisons it draws
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place it in ourselves. HIV Awareness in UK Introduction HIV is one of the major issues in all parts of the world. This disease is responsible for deaths of thousands of patients since its discovery and worst thing is that there is no cure till this day. Almost 70 million people have been infected with the HIV virus and about 35 million people have died of AIDS since its discovery. About 0.8% of adults of ages between 15 to 49 years worldwide are living with HIV (WHO‚ 2013). These figures
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The history of HIV and AIDS in Nigeria The first two HIV cases in Nigeria were identified in 1985 and were reported at an international AIDS conference in 19866. In 1987 the Nigerian health sector established the National AIDS Advisory Committee‚ which was shortly followed by the establishment of the National Expert Advisory Committee on AIDS (NEACA). At first the Nigerian government was slow to respond to the increasing rates of HIV transmission7 and it was only in 1991 that the Federal Ministry
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Administration by George D. Pozgar‚ the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a fatal disease that destroys the body’s ability to fight bacteria and viruses. AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It is considered to be the deadliest epidemic in human history with the first case being reported in 1981. It has been estimated that more than 21 million people have died from AIDS. (Pozgar‚ 2012‚ p. 353 & 364) AIDS is a collection of specific‚ life-threatening‚ opportunistic infections
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AIDS is a disease that damages the immune system and interferes with a person’s ability to fight off disease. It is most commonly transmitted sexually‚ but can also be transmitted through infected blood exposure and through birth. Mayoclinic.com says “AIDS is a chronic‚ potentially life-threatening condition” AIDS is caused by the retrovirus HIV‚ HIV targets T-cells which are vital immune system cells and without them it is nearly impossible to fight a common cold let alone a life threatening disease
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AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is a disease caused by a virus called HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). The illness alters the immune system‚ making people much more vulnerable to infections and diseases. This susceptibility worsens as the disease progresses. HIV is found in the body fluids of an infected person (semen and vaginal fluids‚ blood and breast milk). The virus is passed from one person to another through blood-to-blood and sexual contact
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What is AIDS? Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (slowly-replicating retrovirus) that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)‚ a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive (1). A virus is a piece of genetic material‚ RNA or DNA‚ surrounded by a protein coat. To replicate‚ a virus must infect a cell and direct its cellular machinery to produce new viruses. A virus cannot
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