UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT-AGRIBUSINESS AND TRADE EXPANSION PROGRAM (USAID-ATEP) HIV/AIDS AWARENESS AND PREVENTION PROJECT Component Rapid Assessment on Knowledge‚ Attitude and Practice (KAP) of USAID-ATEP Lead Clients on HIV/AIDS Prevention Final Report October 2010 Addis Ababa‚ Ethiopia Gardachew Tiruneh‚ Lead consultant Yehiunie Lakew‚ Statistician Arega Gera‚ Tenaw Bawoke‚ Zelalem Fisseha and
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Among the current fields of research in Biotechnology‚ research on drugs and vaccines targeting viral diseases such as HIV/AIDs has been of major importance given the high prevalence of these diseases across the world. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a type of virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immune-deficiency Syndrome) (HIV and AIDS‚ n.d). The virus devastates the body’s defense mechanism‚ leaving a victim highly susceptible to opportunistic infections such as those caused by bacteria‚ fungi
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bisexual men. Cases are more noticeable in the Southern and Eastern states. A lot has changed over the years and the topic of HIV/AIDS is unfortunately not talked about as much since the epidemic. Although it’s publicized very much on social media to keep people aware‚ it’s never mentioned much on television as much as it use to be. No matter if there’s an epidemic or not HIV/AIDS should always be a serious
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prevent HIV and what we actually do.” (P188‚ Pisani) To me what she is saying is that another way for society to tell people about the safety of HIV‚ and this way is through religion. In her passage she says that religion obscures the truth‚ so whatever these kids learn will be whatever the religion says and these kids will have to follow and that could be abstinence till you get married. She then goes on to say that “religious dogma crushes our efforts to translate good data into good HIV prevention
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is caused by HIV‚ a virus that can be passed from person to person through sexual fluids blood and breast milk. Worldwide the majority of HIV infections are transmitted through sex between men and women‚ and half of all adults living with HIV are women. Certain groups of people have been particularly affected and these include injecting drug users‚ sex workers and men who have sex with men. Slave trade has been an ongoing business interaction between multiple
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How AIDS has Affected Black Communities There has been an alarming increase in HIV/AIDS among African Americans. Blacks constitute only 12% of the U.S. population‚ but they represent 41% of reported AIDS cases from 1996 to now. 55% of women with AIDS are African-American‚ and 58% of pediatric cases are among African-American children. Since 1991‚ AIDS has been the leading causes of death in African American men ages 25-44‚ and in 1994‚ the disease became the number one killer of African-American
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the AIDS/HIV epidemic is that aids in Africa marks a really extreme severe development crisis in Africa. This is still today the worst affected area in the world. In sub-Saharan Africa about Forty-Two million people live with HIV/AIDS. The epidemic claimed almost about 2.4 million people in Africa and about 3.1 million lives are taken each year (HIV/AIDS Situation in Africa 2014). The average life expectancy in Africa in today’s society is only about 47 years‚ but if living without HIV/AIDS then
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individuals of acquiring HIV infection and to reduce the risk of development of resistant HIV-1 variants” ("FDA Approves First Drug for Reducing the Risk of Sexually Acquired HIV Infection"). The purpose of this program is to provide vital information about the importance of adhering to the dosage regimen and the possible risks of contracting HIV while taking Truvada‚ not to limit distribution. Patients who receive Truvada will be expected to participate in a comprehensive HIV protection plan that involves
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HIV/AIDS-related Stigma and Discrimination: A Conceptual Framework and an Agenda for Action Horizons Program HIV/AIDS-related Stigma and Discrimination: A Conceptual Framework and an Agenda for Action Richard Parker and Peter Aggleton with Kathy Attawell‚ Julie Pulerwitz‚ and Lisanne Brown Acknowledgements We would like to acknowledge the contribution of Anne Malcolm (Sydney‚ Australia) and Miriam Maluwa (UNAIDS‚ Geneva) to our thinking about these issues. Anne undertook one of the
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STD ’s‚ such as HIV‚ the role of sex education in the school is of greater importance now then ever before. Denying children of learning about sex education is like sheltering them from the harsh realities they are more than likely to encounter. Sex education and what is included consist of‚ teaching abstinence and the benefits of this‚ using protection and what different kinds are available to prevent teenage pregnancy‚ the anatomy of the body‚ and all about STD’s including HIV. Our children would
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