type of medical treatments are they being helped with and given to help cure the problem . The prevalence of HIV/AIDS is rapidly spreading in young women in South Africa and India . In India‚ the first cases of HIV were detected in late 1986 among sex workers in Chennai‚ Tamilnadu and till the year 2005 there were more than five million people infected with HIV out of a total population of 1.02 billion (Solomon S.‚ Celentano D.D). Since India has a large population‚ even low prevalence turns itself
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regarding to sexual activity. I think taking the pill without her boyfriend know is not a good thing even she doesn’t know what her boyfriend does when she is not around. It is better for them to talk about it and find out alternative way to practice safe sex like using condom or openly talk about it. If you look at the statistic‚ 1 in 5 adults is infected with HIV‚ which is a lot and no wonder why she finds a way to protect or prevent herself by taking pill. I think it will give hope to people to believe
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Lymphogranuloma Venereum‚ or LGV‚ is simply an infection which is transmitted through sexual activities. This infection is caused by the Chlamydia trachomatis bacterium which is in face very different from the bacterium which causes chlamydia. It is only considered an endemic as it resides mostly overseas and partially in deep south america. (http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/220869-overview) When the bacterium that causes Lymphogranuloma Venereum enters your body symptoms can be found within
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Gonorrhea Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Gonorrhea is caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae‚ a bacterium that can grow and multiply easily in the warm‚ moist areas of the reproductive tract‚ including the cervix (opening to the womb)‚ uterus (womb)‚ and fallopian tubes (egg canals) in women‚ and in the urethra (urine canal) in women and men. The bacterium can also grow in the mouth‚ throat‚ eyes‚ and anus. Gonorrhea is a very common infectious disease. CDC estimates that more than
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result‚ her or his risk of STDS. Biologically‚ young girls are more susceptible to infection. Although the system cannot control teens or preteen’s actions‚ but they can help them understand the risks of sexual activity and that’s OK to wait to have sex. A research done by Katherine Harmon on Jan 2013 shows 321‚000 cases of gonorrhea only are reported each year in the U.S. Another research shows approximately 60 percent of new HIV infections in united states occurs among young people under age
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................... 6 & 7 Interpretation of data............................ 8 Findings ................................................. 9 Recommendation & Implementations .................... 10 Questionnaire 1. What is your sex? .Male .Female 2. To which age group do you belong? .13-16 .17-20 .21-24 .Over25 3. How long have you been living in the community of Boca? ________ 4. What is your occupation? __________ 5. Approximately how many teenage
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effective barrier to further infections. However‚ a policy promoting abstinence approaches the problem only superficially‚ and would not take into account all of the factors driving adolescents to engage in sexual relations‚ specifically unprotected sex‚ in the first place. Abstinence is not a viable method of HIV/AIDS prevention within the social‚ political‚ and economic context of South Africa. A more appropriate strategy would be a comprehensive program aimed at the de-stigmatization and prevention
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A. DIRECTIONS: How much do you know about gender and human sexuality? Find out by answering the following questions. Write your answers in your activity notebook. 1. What term defines a man or a woman based on biological characteristics? a. sex b. gender c. sexuality d. androgyny 2. Which of the following illustrates gender? a. Miguel loves to cook. b. Marco does not cry in public. c. Hazel has a positive
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Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease caused by either strain the herpes simplex virus. This disease is very common‚ affecting an estimated average of 776‚000 people each year in the United States. It is estimated that 85% of infected people between the ages of 14-49 have never gotten diagnosed with it. People can contract the disease through sexual contact with an infected person where they receive infected liquids from either mucous membranes or from the lesions. This disease is so dangerous
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adolescent. One important feature is creating one’s sexual identity. All teenagers explore and experiment sexually as part of normal development. These sexual experiments may be with members of the same or opposite sex. For many teenagers‚ thinking about or experimenting with the same sex may cause nervousness and concerns regarding their sexual orientation. Most teenagers have been brought up to think that homosexuality is wrong‚ so that’s one of the reasons that teens don’t make these thoughts known
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