What is HIV/AIDS? HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus It is one of a group of viruses known as retroviruses. After getting into the body‚ the virus kills or damages cells of the body’s immune system. The body tries to keep up by making new cells or trying to contain the virus‚ but eventually the HIV wins out and progressively destroys the body’s ability to fight infections and certain cancers. This eventually leads to AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) when the virus has destroyed so much
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topic: should we always tell the truth? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topic: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Always telling the truth is the most important consideration in any relationship. essay: Truth be told‚ a good relationship always bases on belief and tolerant‚ and in order to make others believe in us‚ we always have to become honest in our lives. However‚ whether we some time should tell lie or not
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HIV is preventable and TB is curable‚ but we haven’t eradicated either because not everyone can be cured or afford to be cured and because preventing any type of disease is very expensive and is not a simple process. There are many ways to prevent getting HIV like using condoms and avoiding using dirty needles‚ etc. But HIV can’t be eradicated because many people who have HIV don’t know they have it until it’s too late‚ and they may or may not have spread it to others. Also‚ HIV hasn’t been
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Introduction 4 1.1 Research Aim and Objectives 4 2.0 Literature Review 5 2.1 Employer Branding 5 2.2 Employer Brand Management 5 2.3 Employer Brand Proposition 6 2.4 Relationship between Employer Branding and Internal Marketing 6 2.5 The Importance of Employer Brand in an Organization 6 - 7 2.6 Brand Thinking 8 2.7 Build a Good Employer Brand 9 - 10 3.0 Research Methodology 10 3.1 Research Approach and Strategy 10
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Chapter I HIV AIDS INTRODUCTION The arrival of the AIDS epidemic in the 20th Century‚ brought with it fear‚ superstition and prejudice. This disease is not the first one where society has imposed social stigmas‚ political agendas and outright pandemonium. Misunderstandings of other diseases like the bubonic plague‚ small pox and the Spanish flu also have caused hysteria among populations around the world‚ but the main difference between these epidemics and that of AIDS/HIV is that
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wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV" \o "HIV" HIV and AIDS affects economic growth by reducing the availability of human capital. Without proper prevention‚ nutrition‚ health care and medicine that is available in developing countries‚ large numbers of people are falling victim to AIDS. HIV/AIDS is impacting on economic activity and social progress around the world. Companies are being directly affected by lower productivity‚ greater absenteeism‚ vacant posts‚ the need to retrain and rehire workers‚ reduced productivity
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Employers Liability and breach of statutory duty Employers liability have both a common law and statutory aspect. Common law = found in tort of negligence. Duties are only owed to employees. Not owed to IC and visitor’s (Occupiers liability) Common Law Basic duty owed at common law by an employer to an employee is founded on the tort of negligence. Authority derives from: Wilsons and Clyde Coal v English [1938] AC 57 Employers have the duty at common law to take reasonable
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HIV transmission HIV is present to variable degrees in the blood and genital secretions of almost all individuals infected with HIV.The spread of HIV can occur when these secretions come in contact with tissues such as those lining the vagina‚ anal area‚ mouth‚ or eyes (the mucus membranes)‚ or with a break in the skin‚ such as from a cut or puncture by a needle. The most common ways in which HIV is spreading throughout the world include sexual contact‚ sharing needles‚ and by transmission from infected
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The history of HIV and AIDS in Nigeria The first two HIV cases in Nigeria were identified in 1985 and were reported at an international AIDS conference in 19866. In 1987 the Nigerian health sector established the National AIDS Advisory Committee‚ which was shortly followed by the establishment of the National Expert Advisory Committee on AIDS (NEACA). At first the Nigerian government was slow to respond to the increasing rates of HIV transmission7 and it was only in 1991 that the Federal Ministry
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our effort to curb the spread of HIV‚ we propose to continue and improve on our outreach effort targeted at the Chinese speaking Geylang crowd‚ and to initiate a campaign targeted at youths. The main objective of both efforts would be to encourage condom use and promote HIV testing as means to prevent the spread of HIV. On top of having both campaigns‚ we would like to propose making HIV testing more convenient by assisting with the implementation of a Mobile HIV Testing Van (MTV) service. Continuing
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