HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS OR HIV -ay isang lentivirus (na kasapi ng pamilyang retrovirus) na nagsasanhi ng acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS o nakukuhang kakulangan ng immunong sindroma)‚ Ang AIDS ay isang kondisyon sa mga tao kung saan ang patuloy ng pagkabigo o paghina ng sistemang immuno ay pumapayag sa mga nakapanganganib sa buhay na mga oportunistikong mga impeksiyon na manaig. History HIV-1 from chimpanzees and gorillas to humans Scientists generally accept that the known
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Prison Offenders with AIDS Kaplan College Abstract Offenders living behind the walls of prison with AIDS is like the big pink elephant in prison‚ it is colossal but conspicuously avoided. In other words the disease’s presence is apparent‚ but a great deal of ignorance is still pervasive. Offenders living with HIV are still unfairly treated‚ which they try keep their status concealed‚ and justifiably so due to the treatment of the guards or other inmates. Over 27‚000 people entered NYC prisons
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UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic states that based on the 2009 data‚ 33.3 million people are living with HIV worldwide and Sub-Saharan Africa makes up 68% of the global total with 22.5 million people living with HIV.1 In an effort to address this epidemic‚ voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) programs have been implemented in many of rural and remote areas. VCT serves as the gateway to HIV prevention‚ treatment‚ care and support by allowing people to learn their HIV status. According to World
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Running head: HIV/AIDS‚ ADOLESCENTS‚ AND RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR HIV/AIDS‚ adolescents‚ and risky sexual behavior HIV/AIDS‚ adolescents‚ and risky sexual behavior Introduction You can’t smell it‚ taste it‚ hear it‚ or even see it. BUT‚ it lives inside the bodies of 36 million people worldwide and it’s responsible for the death of many others. It’s the biggest epidemic in human history (Sittitrai‚ 1998). It’s HIV/AIDS‚ and it doesn’t care who you are or where you’re from. U.S. public health
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First Aid is the immediate response to a casualty that is sick or injured. The main task of the rescuer who administering first aid is to try to prevent injury or a worsening of existing diseases or injuries. The responsibilities of a pediatric first aider: make sure that every situation in which you act is sure: for you‚ the victim and for the people around (very important if you work with children as they are very curious and tend to approach the patient) provide care to a child who has
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First Aid is the temporary help given to an injured or a sick person before professional medical treatment can be provided. This timely assistance‚ comprising of simple medical techniques‚ is most critical to the victims and is‚ often‚ life saving. Any layperson can be trained to administer first aid‚ which can be carried out using minimal equipments. Basic training in first aid skills should be taught in school‚ in work places and‚ in general‚ be learnt by all‚ as it is mandatory to our modern and
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throughout the population. Patient zero makes contact with other people causing them to get the disease then they go around doing the same cycle as the person that gave the disease‚ which in this case it is Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The patient zero for AIDS was Gaetan Dugas. He was from canada that worked for Air Canada as a flight attendant. He is described as a blond handsome charming sexual man. He used his job to travel around the world to sleep with numerous of men. He claimed to
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boss and tell the killer T cells and B cells what to do. D. Molecularly killer T cells are different because of protein CD8 on outer surface of cell and Helper T cells have a protein CD4 on their outer surface. 3. A Helper T cells are targeted by HIV on
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EFFECT OF FOREIGN AID IN KENYA 1. Introduction Foreign aid is usually associated with official development assistance‚ which in turn is a subset of the official development finance‚ and normally targeted to the poorest countries (World Bank‚ 1998). Foreign aid represents an important source of finance in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)‚ where it supplements low savings‚ narrow export earnings and thin tax bases. In recent years the donor community has become more stringent about fiscal
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Part One # - Assessment Task: PEFAP 001 Paediatric Emergency First Aid (1.1) Identified the responsibilities a of a paediatric first aider. The responsibilities of a paediatric first aider is to make sure that every person you attend to you have to make sure that you have comforted the individual‚ making sure that they are as calm as possible. This is to ensure that you can treat that individual as best as you can‚ it is important to act quickly and efficiently as possible. (1
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