HIV/AIDS a Communicable Disease Jennifer Hudson August 20‚ 2010 A communicable disease is an illness that is spread through contact of germs and bacteria. Humans‚ animals and foods are all transporters of germs and bacteria that can deliver a contagious illness from one host to another. An effortless touch or swapping of fluids is all that germs and bacteria need to spread. There are several pertinent communicable diseases in the World today. For the purposes of this paper‚ we will focus on
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Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS 1. There is no cure for HIV or AIDS‚ so abstinence from sexual activity is the best course of action. 2. If you do want to engage in sexual activity‚ make sure that both you and your partner get tested and are HIV negative. 3. Use barrier protection consistently and every time. Barrier methods‚ like condoms and dental dams‚ provide a large measure of protection from transmission by preventing direct contact with semen and blood. Condoms and dental dams
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HIV and AIDS are one of the most formidable challenges to human life and dignity‚ undermining social and economic development especially in sub-Saharan Africa. It has stripped families of their loved ones and hard earned income. To the economy‚ the damage is so extensive‚ there has been reduced productivity resulting in less gross domestic product. HIV and AIDS are very vicious challenge to human life as there is been no cure for the pandemic hence the number of deaths due HIV and AIDS related diseases
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SLSP Assignment 3: Final Essay Topic: HIV and Youth Policy Among developed countries‚ the United States of America has the highest number of population who has sexually transmitted diseases (STD). Although rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnoses remained steady from 2006 to 2009‚ the amount of youth suffering from HIV infection has been increasing significantly over the same period. Approximately 69‚000 youth are suffering from HIV infection in 2008 in which half of infected
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A lot of people don’t get tested because they don’t believe something like this can happen to them until it do then they walk around miserable and feel as if life is over. Getting tested every six months makes a difference depending on how sexually active you are you might want to get tested more. I personally get tested every 3 months because my mother died from this virus and I do not want to leave my kids the same way she left me. Although you may not be that comfortable it is for the better
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Public Policy and Gun Control They’re many different biased opinions related to the topic of public policy and gun control. Many would argue that gun control doesn’t follow public policy in a “normal” route. “Normal” being shocking incidents or crises that draw public attention and media coverage which in turn draw a debate on one or more aspects of the issue wither it be a philosophical‚ regulatory‚ constitutional‚ or technical aspect. Following this‚ investigations that would result in an
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Learning from Mass Media Campaigns for HIV/AIDS Prevention Reviews of mass media campaigns have a special interest for me. They demonstrate what can be done‚ and as importantly‚ what cannot be done‚ by relying on a 1P approach. I have talked about the 5% Solution before‚ and noted another review of mass media campaigns for changing health behaviors. This post focuses on the findings from a review of recent campaigns to prevent HIV/AIDS. What is interesting in this report are the comparisons it draws
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The HIV/AIDS Epidemic In South Africa Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is one of many infectious diseases that plague the world today. According to the 2007 AIDS epidemic update put out by The United Nations Joint Program on HIV/AIDS (UNIADS) there were approximately 2.1 million AIDS related deaths and 33.2 million people infected with HIV world wide (UNAIDS/WHO Working Group‚ 2007). Despite its abundant resources and its well-developed
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AIDS and HIV Awareness On October 30‚ 2006‚ I attended the Women HIV/AIDS prevention seminar located in the science and research building. This event started at 5:00pm‚ and it was hosted by the Sister Love‚ Inc. The speaker was a representative from Sister Love‚ Inc named Nairobi Moss. The Women HIV/AIDS prevention seminar was about how we as African American’s can help educate each other on the HIV/AIDS pandemic. It also was about how to prevent these diseases‚ and how it affects us in the
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immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection & Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) prevention strategies has focused on helping high risk individuals including individuals uninfected with HIV. The responsibility of National programs is to inform the public regarding prevention strategies‚ identify priorities‚ plan‚ and implement disease prevention strategies. It’s common knowledge all over the world that HIV infection is the leading cause of death. “Human immunodeficiency virus HIV and AIDS remain the leading
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