What is HIV? What is AIDS? Two big questions which have been answered only recently. What we still don ’t understand is what HIV and AIDS bring to. Is it just death and physical sufferings? No. There is much more. Alongside these first problems there are other secondary problems which are not usually thought of. I will talk about the sociological‚ economic and ethical issues surrounding the availability of treatment in different countries‚ but first I must explain what HIV and AIDS are. Basically
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Develop a Country with AIDS One often hears that the drug is a ladder to be a developed country. When every illness has its own cure‚ there will be no health problems that we have to consider. Therefore‚ everyone can work hard‚ achieve his or her own success‚ and juxtapose the welfare of the country. But‚ is it true that drug will only bring favorable effects to the society? Is it true that drug is the heavenly way to achieve prosperity? When we talk about drugs‚ we cannot ignore one of the deadliest
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Human service professional and hospice care workers work with patients with the virus HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) that causes AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). Early on during the AIDS crisis social workers or human service professionals dealt more with the terminal parts of AIDS by starting up hospice services for the patients. Later on after much research and education the human service worker dealt with more of the psychosocial issues involved. Hospice services can provide advocacy
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Gender‚ HIV/AIDS and Stigma: Understanding prejudice against women living with HIV/AIDS 1.Background and rationale Introduction The focus of the World AIDS campaign for the years 2002-2003 has been particularly on stigma‚ discrimination and human rights. The main objective of the campaign was to prevent‚ reduce and ultimately eliminate HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination‚ wherever‚ it occurred and all in all its forms. HIV/AIDS related stigma and discrimination are universal‚ occurring
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HIV/AIDS and Discrimination: A Discussion Paper. Table of Contents. HIV/AIDS and Discrimination: A Discussion Paper by Theodore de Bruyn © Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and Canadian AIDS Society‚ Montréal‚ 1998 ISBN 1-896735-14-2 Table of Contents To download and/or print: Index of retrievable components To browse online: Links to main sections of this Table of Contents: Diversity‚ Stigma‚ Discrimination‚ and Vulnerability Current Problems for People with HIV/AIDS The Experience
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Fonduh Bekeny HIV/AIDS EDUCATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS A study of government bilingual high schools in Yaoundé‚ Cameroon A Pro Gradu Thesis in Education Faculty of Education and Master’s Programme in Development and International Cooperation/ Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy University of Jyvaskyla Spring Term 2009 ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to describe secondary school students’ knowledge‚ attitudes and behaviour in relation to HIV/AIDS and compare these
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Economic Consequences Of AIDS/HIV Affects on economically active people: • Will not be able to work • Women are the main tillers of soil as well as the main cares when family members become ill • When patients are in hospital it is common for woman to take care of them‚ bath them and feed them so pressure is caused not just by the financial burden of hospital care but by the time lost of tending land Impacts on Sexually active: • Impacts on sexually active people is that they will not
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Cepeda Social Psychology HIV/AIDS Stigma and Discrimination Strayer University November 19‚ 2011 Internationally‚ there has been a recent resurgence of interest in HIV and AIDS-related stigma and discrimination‚ triggered at least in part by growing recognition that negative social responses to the epidemic remain pervasive even in seriously affected communities. Yet‚ rarely are existing notions of stigma and discrimination interrogated for their conceptual adequacy and their usefulness in
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HIV and AIDS Have you ever wondered what HIV or AIDS are? HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. It causes AIDS which stands for acquired immune deficiency. These viruses attacks the immune system and can cause you to die because it attacks your helper T cells. There are no cures‚ but you can take medication to help with the symptoms. AIDS and HIV are STD. When one person has AIDS and you have contact with that person they can transmit that disease to you. Another way you can develop AIDS
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regarding STI/HIV that is causing premature deaths and a reduction in quality of life. Specifically‚ there are many diseases that are contracted through intravenous drug use‚ many of which can be prevented. Blood borne pathogens can be transmitted through intravenous drug use. Intravenous drug use‚ or IDU‚ is performed with a needle and syringe through injection‚ which directly puts drugs into the bloodstream. Drug users often share or use dirty needles‚ syringes‚ and other equipment‚ which greatly increases
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