Assessment for outcome 4 Investigation report on HIV‚ Hepatitis B and C organisations. • A description of two available resources for those affected by HIV or Hepatitis B or C. One local and one national. - The local resource I researches is Waverly Care‚ this charity provides care and support to people living with HIV and Hepatitis C‚ and also to their partner‚ families and carers. As a big part of their work they do their best to raise awareness of these conditions and their prevention. They
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the centre of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in terms of rates of infection‚ vulnerability‚ impact‚ and potential for change. They have grown up in a world changed by AIDS but many still lack comprehensive and correct knowledge about how to prevent HIV infection. This situation persists even though the world has agreed that young people have the human right to education‚ information and services that could protect them from harm. Young people are disproportionately affected in the HIV pandemic. They face
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BETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY HIV Statistics in American Colleges Kelli Gibson 04/14/2011 MA 132-I TR 1pm Project Paper Introduction: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a lethal virus that eventually causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS.) Once the virus is contracted it attacks and destroys the human immune system. The human immune system is group of biological structures that protect the body from harmful particles that may enter. Without the immune system the tiniest
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immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).This condition progressively reduces the effectiveness of the immune system and leaves individuals susceptible to opportunistic infections and tumors. HIV is transmitted through direct contact of a mucous membrane or the bloodstream with a bodily fluid containing HIV‚ such as blood‚ semen‚vaginal fluid‚ preseminal fluid‚ and breast milk. This transmission can involve anal‚ vaginal or oral sex
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Running Head: MEDICINE AND HEALTH The involvement of Canadians in global fight against HIV/AIDS Name: University: Tutor: Course: Date: Introduction The rapid development of technology and especially that which touches on transport and communication has resulted to a high rate of globalization. Globalization has both negative and positive impacts on the global community. In the business environment‚ globalization has led to increased competition and enables consumers to get
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Immuno Deficiency Syndrome) is HIV (Human Immuno Defiency virus). This virus when it enters our body‚ immediately turns into RNA‚ and then spreads quickly. After that it starts to destroy the white blood corpuscles. Because of this our resistance towards diseases gets decreased. Now the human body cannot withstand even an ordinary cold. In the year 1996 according to the survey‚ about 5000 persons per day were affected by AIDS in the whole world. The final stage of HIV is known as AIDS. In 1996
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Many of the cast’s characters have HIV/AIDS. Larson personally identified with the musical‚ as he too had several friends that had HIV/AIDS who had then later passed away from the disease (Encyclopedia of World Biography‚ n.d.). HIV/AIDS is an epidemic that has torn apart many people’s lives. Rent was able to demonstrate how the disease brought people together. The production is based on a young group of bohemians in New York City‚ their relationships with HIV/AIDS and how the city
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people infected with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa‚ although this region contains little more than 10% of the world’s population” ("The impact of HIV & AIDS on Africa"‚ 2010‚ para. 1). “During 2008 alone‚ an estimated 1.4 million adults and children died as a result of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa…[that is] more than 15 million Africans [who] have died from AIDS…since the beginning of the epidemic”("The impact of HIV & AIDS on Africa"‚ 2010‚ para. 1). The impact that HIV/AIDS has had on this region
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The culture‚ poverty‚ and HIV representation in Haiti is very devastating and HIV is the main cause in Haiti based on the article titled‚ “Culture‚ Poverty‚ and HIV Transmission‚ The Case of Rural Haiti” because it is a sexual transmitted infection that creates a deadly plague among people in Haiti. Factors such as culture‚ politic and economic factors have an impact in particularly addressing HIV transmission in rural Haiti; however‚ to understand this urban epidemic. Farmer proposes that we must
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providing efficient‚ effective and quality care for all patients. This paper will focus on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The paper is subject to discuss both HIV/AIDS and the stakeholders affected by these viruses. The Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Acquired immune deficiency
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