November 30‚ 2011 Aids – The Duty to Warn The AIDS epidemic began in the early to mid-1980’s and since it’s recognition in America it has become a very heated and debated topic among health professionals‚ the gay community‚ and most of all for the ones that are carrying the virus. The real debate is not over the virus itself but‚ rather about the infected individuals and whether or not they should be made morally obligated to tell their sexual partners if they are in fact infected. Both sides
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HIV/AIDS in CAMEROON Abstract Almost three decades after its discovery‚ HIV infection remains the number one killer disease in Sub-Saharan Africa where up to 2 million people are still living with the virus. In Cameroon‚ a health survey carried out in 2004 estimated the national prevalence at 5.5% with women and youths being predominantly infected. Orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) from HIV/AIDS have been on the rise in recent years. This high prevalence rate is also due to the country’s lack
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World Aids day Since 1988‚ the World AIDS Day is held on December 1 every year. It is an international day to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS around the world. On this day‚ besides raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection‚ memorials are held to honor persons who have died from HIV/AIDS. Government and health officials also observe the event‚ often with speeches or forums on the AIDS topics. Since 1995‚ the President of the United States has made an official
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PEPFAR: President Bush’s War on HIV/AIDS The legacy of former President George W. Bush is seen as an ominous cloud rather than a beam of sunshine‚ especially due to the number of Americans who continually blame President Bush for many of their woes or current state of lament hardship. Regardless of your opinion concerning the former President’s legacy‚ President Bush does have some positive marks. In 2003‚ President George W. Bush initiated the greatest effort to combat any disease in history
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Title: Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them Apollo Casco College of DuPage Abstract This paper is a review of the book “Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them”. Discussing about the causative agents of each plague and how we increased the severity of each; Mad Cow Disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy)‚ Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS)‚ Salmonella‚ Lyme Disease‚ Hantavirus‚ and West Nile Virus. Millions of people have died
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tade aid notes about energy and cliate changes chapter in chritopher. The EU Budget 5 – 11 – 2013 Collegium Civitas TAP MA Course First‚ Some questions... How big is the EU budget? What are its sources? Which states do you think contribute the most to it? And which states are net-recipients? What is the common budget spent on? Is it larger than a state’s budget? How does it compare? Why has the budget and its negotiation become so controversial? Current budget negotiations highlight
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The first polio epidemic in the United States broke out into the public in June of 1894. However‚ a wall carving in Egypt assumes Polio has been around since the Egyptian empire. Finally‚ in the early 1900s‚ with the rise of living standards and the decline of other diseases such as diphtheria‚ typhoid and tuberculosis‚ Polio reached epidemic potential. This epidemic became one of the most devastating in the world. Poliovirus is a viral infection that attacks the nerves in the spinal cord which
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HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh With less than 0.1 percent of the population estimated to be HIV-positive‚ Bangladesh is a low HIV-prevalence country. |Contents | |[hide] | |1 Prevalence | |2 Preventive programs | |3 Tuberculosis | |4 National response | |5 References | Prevalence The country
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Obesity Epidemic The rate of obesity has grown triple fold since in the last two decades (Cluss 1). High rates of obesity occur in developed countries that have a high food supply as well as many options. The United States is arguably the wealthiest country in the world‚ so it makes since that our obesity rates would be high. Developing countries that are struggling to meet the caloric needs of its people do not have problems with obesity because the food supply is extremely low and options are
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In the 1980s‚ the words “AIDS” and “HIV” were not on the radar for most of American society. The words were just something people might occasionally hear when someone passed away‚ but these the deaths almost never occurred close to home. America would quickly become confronted with the threat of AIDS as a very serious health epidemic. If one were to ask someone during the 1980s their thoughts‚ they might reply with a vague response that AIDS was just a marginal disease affecting a remote section
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