TERMS II. Human Immunodeficiency Virus D. History E. Stages of HIV Infection F. Diagnosis III. PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS G. DEFINITION H. TO THE INFECTED I. TO THE PEERS IV. ECONOMICAL EFFECTS J. DEFINITION K. TO THE INFECTED L. TO THE FAMILY V. SOCIAL M. DEFINITION N. TO THE INFECTED O. TO THE PEERS VI. RATES OF HIV IN OTHER COUNTRIES P. FIRST WORLD COUNTRIES Q. DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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DOH alarm: HIV cases in first-half 2012 exceed full year of 2010 The number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases during the first half of the year has already surpassed the record for the whole 2010‚ the Department of Health (DOH) said Friday‚ underscoring the alarming rise in incidence of the virus that causes the dread disease AIDS. The bulk of the spike was traced to a rise in male-to-male transmission and the sharing of needles among injecting drug users in Cebu province. DOH Assistant
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problems as well. The prison agencies are taking steps to deal with health threats from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The Justice Department reported that twenty-two thousand four hundred eighty state and federal inmates were infected with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)‚ the virus that causes AIDS. Another issue prisons are facing is dealing with geriatric offenders; the significant expansion of America’s retiree population has led to an increase in the number of elderly people who are
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people are currently living with HIV/AIDS worldwide. Outside the US‚ AIDS has become widespread‚ specifically throughout Africa‚ with 3.4 million new infections and 2.3 million deaths in 2001. Men‚ women and children are dying from this disease throughout Africa‚ South Africa being the most infected with 5.7 million. AIDS is the leading cause of death in Africa. The cause of AIDS is the human immunodeficiency virus‚ (HIV). The cause of AIDS includes the spread of the HIV virus through sexual intercourse
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What is AIDS? AIDS‚ which stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome‚ is a human disease caused by HIV‚ the human immunodeficiency virus. In this disease‚ the immune system gradually becomes less effective‚ which leads to more and more opportunistic infections and tumors. It is transmitted when a bodily fluid‚ for example blood‚ semen‚ or breast milk‚ of an infected individual comes into direct contact with a mucous membrane or blood stream of another individual. Although most commonly thought
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public concerns are HIV/AIDS‚ malaria‚ smoking related disease‚ and tuberculosis‚ just to name a few of them but all of which affect the non-white population more than the white; apart form these. HIV/AIDS in Africa The rise of sickness in Africa today is mainly caused by HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is the virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). AIDS is the number one killer in African society today. As many as 5.7 million people were living with HIV and AIDS in South
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knowledge of their mates background is the reason why students contract AIDS. If a person is HIV positive‚ I believe that it is everyone ’s right to know so that they can be safe from cold-hearted people who don ’t want to reveal having it. Luckily a female student at Si Tanka-Huron University in Huron‚ South Dakota didn ’t contract the disease‚ from her boyfriend who did not inform her that he was HIV positive‚ before the two of them proceeded in unprotected sexual intercourse. His name is Nikko
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A few weeks ago‚ I introduced Huffington Post readers to a group of important diseases that most had never heard of -- neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). In that piece‚ I mentioned one disease that has a particularly devastating impact on girls and women in developing countries -- female genital schistosomiasis (FGS). Schistosomiasis‚ also known as bilharzia or "snail fever‚" is a parasitic disease carried by fresh water snails. It is transmitted by contact with contaminated fresh water‚ so swimming
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condition of illness caused by a virus known as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The devastating nature of this disease in the world today is unquestionable. No part of the world and no section of the population have been left untouched. Not only individuals and families but also the whole social environment itself is in danger. Insecure livelihood is one of the means to increase the vulnerability to risky behaviours and HIV infection through immoral actions. AIDs normally hits
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compensation for themselves or their families other than what the organization can afford.” [Parry 10]‚ “2001- The HIV/AIDS pandemic- Doctors without Borders starts providing special therapy that lengthens the lives of people living with AIDS in seven countries.”[Parry 13]‚ “2003- Doctors Without Borders opens a free clinic for HIV/AIDS patients in Xiangfan‚ China.” [Parry 13]‚ “Diseases like HIV/AIDS are very expensive to treat. There are millions of people throughout the world who cannot afford to buy
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