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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We do not know how many people developed AIDS in the 1970s‚ or indeed in the years before. "The dominant feature of this first period was silence‚ for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was unknown and transmission was not accompanied by signs or symptoms salient enough to be noticed. While rare‚ sporadic case reports of AIDS and sero-archaeological studies have documented human infections with HIV prior to 1970‚ available data suggest that the current pandemic started in the mid- to late 1970s
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HIV & AIDS versus Cancer Tara Thompson Eng 11144 March 2‚ 2014 Millions of people all over the world have been diagnosed with HIV/AIDS or cancer‚ and in some cases‚ both. These two diseases are both very deadly and can cause other problems within a person’s body. HIV/AIDS and cancer are chronic diseases that affect the human body‚ although there are some advantages with HIV/AIDS compared to cancer. Even though there are treatments available for both of these diseases‚ unfortunately‚ a cure
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and experiences of aid workers. An interview is performed with a professional from the field in order to collect data about the experiences. Also‚ questionnaires are distributed in order to collect quantitative data. The information will be analysed and exchanged with findings from fellow students. Finally‚ a research report is written consisting of qualitative and quantitative data. Information will be retrieved on topics such as the stressful and threatening situation aid workers may face. ‘People
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Describe how the visual aids can help in teaching languages? The aids that help in teaching languages and that can be seen are called ’visual aids’. They provide practical solutions to the problems of a language teacher whose equipment‚ as a rule‚ consists of nothing more than books and classroom. They include black-board‚ chart maps‚ pictures‚ flannel-boards‚ film strips‚ slides‚ epidiascope and actual objects that facilitate the process of teaching. The function of each of these in helping the
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progress that are interrupted by scientific revolutions of thought and changes in what was held to be fundamentally true (Kuhn). These significant changes are caused by a crisis that lead to solutions for pressing current problems; in this way the aids crisis acted as a catalyst‚ for it gave the scientific community the necessary push to investigate the nature of retroviruses. Before this point‚ significant process had been made; Ellermann and Bang (1908) isolated the first oncogenic retroviruses
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is caused by HIV‚ a virus that can be passed from person to person through sexual fluids blood and breast milk. Worldwide the majority of HIV infections are transmitted through sex between men and women‚ and half of all adults living with HIV are women. Certain groups of people have been particularly affected and these include injecting drug users‚ sex workers and men who have sex with men. Slave trade has been an ongoing business interaction between multiple
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AIDS: Is it a Modern Plague? In some parts of the world there are still wars being fought and dictators in power. There are societies which consider themselves at the peak of evolution and progress. They are able to create state of the art automobiles‚ luxurious homes‚ efficient and organized industries‚ complex computerized machinery and atomic weapons. Many societies are governed by a democratic system which herald a belief in freedom. All societies‚ regardless of their political
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After viewing the documentary film‚ ’Out of Control: AIDS in Black America’‚ I was shocked and vividly awaken to how this disease has reached epidemic portion in the black community of this country‚ and how it has been ignored by both black and white leadership at all levels of community involvement and well as at governmental levels . Phill Wilson‚ executive director of the Black AIDS Institute in Los Angeles says that many of our black leaders and celebrities have acknowledged and supported to
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FIRST AID FOR DOGS The aims and rules of first aid First Aid treatment is based on three aims and four rules. Aims 1. To preserve life 2. To prevent suffering 3. To prevent the situation from deteriorating Rules 1. Don¡¦t panic 2. Maintain airway 3. Control haemorrhage 4. Contact a vet The limitations of first aid The goal of first aid is to help the patient as best as you can - no more than that. First aid should only be used to preserve life until a veterinarian can be found
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