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HIV/AIDS – An International Concern
November 16th 2009

Abbreviations and acronyms

AIDS : Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
ARV : Antiretroviral (drug)
CDC : Centers for Disease Control
G8 : Group of Eight
GFATM : The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
HIV : Human Immunodeficiency Virus
NGO : Nongovernmental Organization
TERG : Technical Evaluation and Reference Group
UN : United Nations
UNAIDS : Joint United Nations Program on HIV and AIDS
UNESCO : United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization
OECS : Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
PEPFAR : President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief
USAID : United States Agency for International Development

“It is estimated that 33 million people worldwide are infected with HIV, 95 percent of whom live in developing countries. In 2007, approximately 2.5 million people were newly infected with the virus. HIV/AIDS has killed more than 25 million people worldwide. More than two million people died of AIDS-related causes in 2007. AIDS is the leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa and the fourth-leading cause of death worldwide.” (The GFATM)

The documentary by Renata Simone entitled “The Age of Aids” gave a very concise record of the origin of AIDS to organizations and agencies around the world that scale up prevention and treatment programs in the fight to stop the spread this deadly disease. During the early 1980s doctors reported a case of a rare type of pneumonia and further publications in medical journals of this rare type of pneumonia unearthed over 100 more reports of this mysterious disease to the CDC. The first recognized case of AIDS as reported in the documentary occurred in the United States in the early 1980s. A number of gay men in New York and California suddenly began to develop rare opportunistic infections and cancers that were resistant to any form treatment.

During this time, AIDS did not yet have a name, but it quickly

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