of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa? The Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a disease of the immune system caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). HIV is transmitted via unprotected sexual intercourse‚ contaminated blood transfusion‚ contaminated hypodermic needles‚ and from an infected mother to child during pregnancy‚ delivery or breastfeeding. There is currently no cure for HIV/AIDS. AIDS is a debilitating condition that has great social‚ psychological and economic impact on
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When AIDS first emerged‚ no-one could have predicted how the epidemic would spread across the world and how many millions of lives it would change. There was no real idea what caused it‚ and consequently‚ no real idea how to protect against it. Now‚ in 2004‚ we know from bitter experience that AIDS is caused by the virus HIV‚ and that it can devastate families‚ communities and whole continents. We have seen the epidemic knock decades off countries’ national development‚ widen the gulf between rich
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The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is one of the most serious‚ deadly diseases in human history. HIV is a type of virus called a retrovirus. HIV causes a condition called acquired immunodeficiency disease syndrome (AIDS). HIV is one of the most deadly and serious diseases in human history. Viruses such as HIV cannot grow or reproduce on their own. In order to do so they need to infect the cells of a living organism in order to make new copies of themselves. A person’s immune system usually finds
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important factors in determining the relative emphasis placed by policy-makers‚ in S.A. on prevention as opposed to treatment of HIV. ’ One of the major problems affecting the South African country is the spread of HIV. The country is believed to have the most number of HIV victims than any other country. As seen on the diagram‚ South Africa has the highest adult HIV prevalence. (GRAPH) Only 10% of the children who need treatment are able to have the benefit of undergoing treatment; this causes
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HIV / AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus infection / acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). During the initial infection a person may experience a brief period of influenza-like illness. This is typically followed by a prolonged period without symptoms. As the illness progresses it interferes more and more with the immune system‚ making people much more likely to get infections‚ including opportunistic
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of these diseases‚ and the branch of medicine in charge of this is called venereology. 2. What Is HIV/AIDS? What is HIV? HIV stands for Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus. It is a common STD and infects approximately 34 million people worldwide as of 2010‚ and took the lives of more than 3 million last year. This virus is an extremely dangerous STD. HIV negatively alters the immune system. HIV can hide for long periods of time in cells in your body‚ and it attacks a very key part of the immune
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Disparities in HIV/AIDS Human immunodeficiency Virus also known as HIV is a sexually transmitted disease. It attacks your body’s immune system. The virus destroys CD4 cells‚ which help your body fight diseases. HIV damages your immune system and it leads to acquired immune deficiency syndrome also known as AIDS. AIDS is the final stage in HIV‚ and it’s a disease where severe loss of the body’s cellular immunity occurs. The disease lowers the resistance to infection and malignancy. Anyone can get HIV/AIDS
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what is it? The issue here concerns South Africa ’s growing HIV/AIDS patients. The world non-the-less isn ’t doing much about the situation that only seems to be getting worse. South Africa already has the highest growing HIV/AIDS rate in the world. The pharmaceutical companies offered very little medical donations or help; they ended up doing quite the opposite. When South Africa attempted to import generic versions of the needed HIV/AIDS drugs because of their drastically cheaper prices the pharmaceutical
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Causes for AIDS Discrimination Many people across the world are infected with the deadly disease known as AIDS. This disease can be transmitted from one person to another through many ways such as sexually intercourse‚ blood transfusions‚ and sharing needles that are not sterilized. Today‚ scientists are still trying to discover a cure for HIV/AIDS. Many who are infected with HIV/AIDS have not only to cope with the disease itself‚ but they could possibly experience AIDS discrimination as well
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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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