and Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) found out that at the end of 2001‚ 13.4million children under the age of 15 had lost one or both parents to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The increase in AIDS‚ which orphans many children‚ is one of the major challenges in many countries. According to HIV/AIDS Perspective (2004)‚ one of the worst consequences of AIDS is the large number of children orphaned as a result of parents dying from AIDS. By mid 1997‚ 10 million children under
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Paediatric HIV/AIDS in India . According to National AIDS Control Organization 2007 estimates ‚out of an estimated 2.31 million people with HIV and AIDS in India‚ women constitutes 39% and children below 15 years stands at 7.8% Improved access to Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) centres is key to fight against HIV/AIDS. It is important to design and implement intensive child-focused IEC separately targeting rural and urban population through an appropriate mix of media.It is also important
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American Women and HIV/AIDS Tanya Waller HCS/455 October 20‚ 2011 Jennifer Hilkert African American Women and HIV/AIDS In the past 10 years‚ there has been an enormous stride put forth in trying to detect‚ prevent‚ and treat HIV/AIDS. In spite of these efforts there are still economic‚ political‚ scientific‚ and social barriers that remain. Worldwide there has been about 60 million individuals who has become infected with HIV/AIDS in last two decades after the HIV/AIDS epidemic began
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Analysis Methods Porter’s Five Force in relation to Eli Lilly Threat of New Entrants Threat of new entrants is relatively high. Companies forming alliances are potential rivals. Even if earlier such company was not considered to be a threat‚ after merging with some research and development company or forming alliance with another pharmaceutical company it would become a rival to Eli Lilly. The threat is however weakened by significant research and development costs necessary to successfully
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and Co. is a pharmaceutical company that was founded in 1876 by Colonel Eli Lilly.4 Its first major breakthrough was the development of gelatin coating for pills‚ which later turned into the gelatin capsules. Since 1876 Eli Lilly and Co. has been a pioneer in the pharmaceutical industry.5 The main focus of Lilly is the research and development of neuroscience and endocrinology drugs. They have expanded their operations over time into over 60 nations worldwide. The pharmaceutical sector brings
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The salient facts are these: one in four new HIV infections in the United States occur in people under the age of 22. AIDS is already the sixth leading cause of death among 15 to 24 year olds in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 1996) and the leading cause of death among 25 to 44 year olds. In the 12 month period preceding July‚ 1996‚ two thousand‚ six hundred and sixty-seven people aged 13 to 24 were diagnosed with AIDS. A recent study from the Centers for Disease
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Anti Aids Drug AZT: How it Works and HIV Resistance Name: Jacob Burbank Student ID: 20456553 TA: Steffie Mendaglio Anti Aids Drug AZT: How it Works Many viruses around through our environment have the capability to infect and reproduce in humans‚ sometime quickly being able to spread over a substantial amount of the population. HIV is a retrovirus which advances into AIDS‚ and it has infected people worldwide‚ most prevalently in Africa. Retroviruses are able to
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developed countries harnessed colonialism‚ imperialism‚ soft power‚ and neoliberal power structures to take advantage of underdeveloped nations. Developed nations exploited them creating long lasing unequal power structures‚ which hurt these nations ability to effectively govern and develop. In the early stages of the HIV/AIDS crisis‚ the effect of the virus was ubiquitously debilitating across the developed and underdeveloped nations‚ yet as they began to find treatments the developed countries have
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Blame? Pharmaceutical companies are defined by encyclopedia.com‚ “as public and private organizations involved in the discovery‚ development‚ and manufacture of drugs and medication”. There are many companies’ pharmaceutical companies worldwide. The most popular in the United States of America is Johnson & Johnson. Pharmaceutical drugs are used for treating “the common cold or cough‚ but also for more serious diseases like HIV‚ diabetes‚ cancer‚ tumors‚ and many more”. The Pharmaceutical Industry
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and contrast of HIV/AIDS prevention and care programme between Gujarat and Maharashtra states in India India has a serious health problem with Hiv/AIDS. In 2006‚ 3.1 million people were living with the virus‚ according to NACO( The National Aids Control Organisation). In 2006‚ the 15-44 age group had a HIV prevalence of 0.28%‚ so 1.7 million people were HIV positive in India at that time. 1986 witnessed the first case then by 1990 it had assumed epidemic proportions. Today HIV positive numbers
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