HIV/AIDS has been named a global epidemic with its toll being felt significantly especially in Africa. It has been a major cause of death in the world; it also continues to be a public health concern. It poses a risk to future generations with villages being wiped out due to its impacts (Iliffe‚ p.47). The most affected generation being the most active age group leaving the elderly and aged to look after the young. Widows and orphans have been a major occurrence in many villages and they struggle
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Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS 1. There is no cure for HIV or AIDS‚ so abstinence from sexual activity is the best course of action. 2. If you do want to engage in sexual activity‚ make sure that both you and your partner get tested and are HIV negative. 3. Use barrier protection consistently and every time. Barrier methods‚ like condoms and dental dams‚ provide a large measure of protection from transmission by preventing direct contact with semen and blood. Condoms and dental dams
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Topic: HIV and AIDS Introduction: Colin Powell Colin Powell Rabbi David Saperstein Rabbi David Saperstein "No war on the face of the Earth is more destructive than the AIDS pandemic." which is said by Colin Powell‚ is an American statesman of military world. Recently‚ the problem of having AIDS is very common. The numbers of infected people keep going up every year. "AIDS can competently destroy families‚ decimates communities and‚ particularly in the poorest areas of the world‚ threatens to
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HIV/AIDS BSHS302 May 21‚ 2012 Faye Flanagan HIV/AIDS Social issues facing HIV/AIDS today are as diverse as the people that are affected by the disease. Advocating for a large group of people takes action at the macro human service practice. The goals and intervention strategies will be similar to micro human service and will involve the same strategies to bring justice to human rights for all members of society. One strategy is including a broader range of other diversity in research in
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We do not know how many people developed AIDS in the 1970s‚ or indeed in the years before. "The dominant feature of this first period was silence‚ for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was unknown and transmission was not accompanied by signs or symptoms salient enough to be noticed. While rare‚ sporadic case reports of AIDS and sero-archaeological studies have documented human infections with HIV prior to 1970‚ available data suggest that the current pandemic started in the mid- to late 1970s
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EQ 7/2 EQ 7/2 PHT 112: HIV AIDS Determinants‚ Prevention and Management INTRODUCTION Human behavior plays a key role in most of the disease condition in life. a) Socialization; is a life long process through which individuals in a society develop an awareness of social norms and values; achieve destine of self. b) Norms: Rules and expectations conduct which either prescribes a given type of behavior‚ or forbid it. c) Values: Culturally defined standards held by human individuals or groups
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AIDS and HIV Awareness On October 30‚ 2006‚ I attended the Women HIV/AIDS prevention seminar located in the science and research building. This event started at 5:00pm‚ and it was hosted by the Sister Love‚ Inc. The speaker was a representative from Sister Love‚ Inc named Nairobi Moss. The Women HIV/AIDS prevention seminar was about how we as African American’s can help educate each other on the HIV/AIDS pandemic. It also was about how to prevent these diseases‚ and how it affects us in the
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HIV and AIDS are one of the most formidable challenges to human life and dignity‚ undermining social and economic development especially in sub-Saharan Africa. It has stripped families of their loved ones and hard earned income. To the economy‚ the damage is so extensive‚ there has been reduced productivity resulting in less gross domestic product. HIV and AIDS are very vicious challenge to human life as there is been no cure for the pandemic hence the number of deaths due HIV and AIDS related diseases
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HIV/AIDS The Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a disease cause by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)‚ which is one type of chronic disease that mainly attacks the immune system of the body. The immune system includes all the organs and cells that work to fight off the infection or disease (Daniels‚ 1985). HIV attacks the convolute part of the immune system. HIV weakens the immune system by destroying the CD4 (T-cell) lymphocytes. CD4 is one type of blood cell that helps protect the
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HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh With less than 0.1 percent of the population estimated to be HIV-positive‚ Bangladesh is a low HIV-prevalence country. |Contents | |[hide] | |1 Prevalence | |2 Preventive programs | |3 Tuberculosis | |4 National response | |5 References | Prevalence The country
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