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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Policies are a set of ideas or principles that guide in the decision making process. Policies in the health care system can impact everyone on a daily basis and should be reviewed on a daily basis to ensure the public’s safety. The below will educate one on the processes that must be followed in order to turn topics of women’s health into policies. There are different stages that need to be addressed in order for a topic to become a policy in the health care setting. The formulation stage‚ the
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The effects of stigma on controlling HIV and AIDS This essay aims to explain the social ideologies of prejudice and stigmatisation towards individuals infected with HIV/AIDS. It will discuss the issues surrounding the control of the HIV/AIDS disease and examine differential theories to explain the implementations of social discources on those who fear stigmatisation‚ due to their condition. HIV-related stigma and discrimination refers to prejudice‚ negative attitudes‚ abuse‚ ‘people and objects
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8 Financial Effects of HIV/AIDS on National Social Protection Schemes PIERRE PLAMONDON‚ MICHAEL CICHON‚ AND PASCAL ANNYCKE T hrough its demographic and economic effects‚ the HIV/AIDS pandemic poses a huge challenge to the financial management of national social protection systems. For example‚ increased mortality owing to HIV/AIDS may reduce the number of contributors to pension schemes. And although the share of contributors reaching retirement age declines‚ the number of surviving dependents
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HIV/AIDS: The effect on the global community. According to the World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) At the end of 1999; an estimated 34.3 million people were living with HIV/AIDS. Most of the people living with HIV‚ 95% of the global total‚ live in developing countries.” Examples of the impact of HIV/AIDS in Africa‚ Asia‚ Latin America‚ the Caribbean‚ and the Newly Independent States provide insight into the demographics‚ modes of exposure‚ treatment
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PROBLEM Introduction Infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) results in destruction of the body’s host defenses and immune system leading to the condition called Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). HIV-AIDS is one of the world’s greatest public health crises. For many years‚ because of lack of understanding and effective treatment‚ it is now considered a rapidly progressing fatal disease. HIV infection in humans is considered pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO)
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which was later determined to be AIDS-related. Since that time‚ tens of millions of people have been infected with HIV worldwide. This global epidemiology of HIV/AIDS is evolving in low and middle income countries. Women and adolescent females in Sub-Saharan Africa are more at risk of HIV due to an extreme number of complex biological‚ behavioral and structural factors. HIV infection among women primarily drives the pediatric HIV epidemic. Postnatal transmission of HIV during breastfeeding is a major
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Veronicah The implication of HIV/ AIDS on African Society Introduction Studies on human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) prevalence have indicated that HIV/AIDS continues to ravage the African countries. According to a report by the UNAIDS‚ it is estimated that 69% of all the people living with HIV finds their home in Africa (78). This is a relatively high prevalence considering that Africa accounts for only 14.5% of the world population. Although some
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HIV/AIDS and Its Effects on Economic Growth Taywanna Drayton ECO 204 Instructor Stephanie Webb August 16‚ 2010 HIV/AIDS and Its Effects on Economic Growth For most developing countries‚ the main source of progress is through industry and domestic saving. In order for industry to be a viable source of progress‚ the country must have a large‚ productive workforce. Certain elements may stymie growth‚ leading to a slow down in development and‚ by proxy‚ a stalled economy. For developing
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HIV/AIDS in the African American Community Teneika Carlisle Current Issues/HIV infection MULT 171 (Web 92100) May 23‚ 2010 HIV/AIDS in the African American Community The African American Community is facing a major health crisis called HIV/AIDS. This disease has become a pandemic in the African American Community. South Africa alone has 5.7 million people living with HIV and AIDS in 2009‚ more than any other country. Almost one-in-three women aged 25-29‚ and over a quarter of men aged 30-34
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