Aids Epidemic in Africa Over 30 million people worldwide have been infected with the HIV-AIDS virus. With such high numbers‚ the troubling fact is that 95% of those cases permeate Africa. Obviously AIDS cannot be cured or reversed in any sense‚ however with proper insight and treatment it can be controlled. The means for proper treatment is exactly what Africa lacks‚ in comparison to other regions. Nearly 2.3 million deaths occurred in 2003 within the sub-Saharan region of Africa.The efforts
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1.1 Describe the common types of fractures There are two types of fracture called open and closed. A closed fracture is where the skin is unbroken‚ but the internal damage to surrounding tissue can be seen as swelling. An open fracture has a wound. The bone may or may not be protruding. There is also internal damage to surrounding tissue. 1.2 Describe how to manage a fracture. A casualty with a fracture needs to keep still and not move the injured part. The treatment for a closed fracture is to
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EFFECT OF FOREIGN AID IN KENYA 1. Introduction Foreign aid is usually associated with official development assistance‚ which in turn is a subset of the official development finance‚ and normally targeted to the poorest countries (World Bank‚ 1998). Foreign aid represents an important source of finance in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)‚ where it supplements low savings‚ narrow export earnings and thin tax bases. In recent years the donor community has become more stringent about fiscal
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What is AIDS? AIDS‚ which stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome‚ is a human disease caused by HIV‚ the human immunodeficiency virus. In this disease‚ the immune system gradually becomes less effective‚ which leads to more and more opportunistic infections and tumors. It is transmitted when a bodily fluid‚ for example blood‚ semen‚ or breast milk‚ of an infected individual comes into direct contact with a mucous membrane or blood stream of another individual. Although most commonly thought
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First Aid is the immediate response to a casualty that is sick or injured. The main task of the rescuer who administering first aid is to try to prevent injury or a worsening of existing diseases or injuries. The responsibilities of a pediatric first aider: make sure that every situation in which you act is sure: for you‚ the victim and for the people around (very important if you work with children as they are very curious and tend to approach the patient) provide care to a child who has
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To what extent were the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Aid successful at containing communism in 1948? The cold war was a period of tension between the communist side of Europe‚ USSR‚ and the capitalist side‚ USA and Britain. Although it was called a cold war‚ there was never any declaration of war between the two sides. There were many events during the cold war period that were seen as a policy of containing communism to just Eastern Europe. Some historians believe 2 of the main policies
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St Paul’s Catholic College‚ Manly 2013 Formal assessment task Student information sheet [pic] |Student name / number | | |Subject |Geography | |Year |10
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Young People: The Greatest Hope for Turning the Tide Young people remain at the centre of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in terms of rates of infection‚ vulnerability‚ impact‚ and potential for change. They have grown up in a world changed by AIDS but many still lack comprehensive and correct knowledge about how to prevent HIV infection. This situation persists even though the world has agreed that young people have the human right to education‚ information and services that could protect them from harm
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CHAPTER 7 VISUAL AIDS Role of visuals Visual Aids are an essential feature of effective communication. Why? Let us answer the question with an example: Figure 78 Figure 7 is a visual aid that explains‚ in nutshell‚ some facts about the contributions each of the senses make towards helping people learn. An alternative to this visual would have been to present the information in a narrative form. This would require learners to read or listen to a text carefully‚ assimilate the facts and
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Address: A Whisper of AIDS” by May Fisher (1992) at the American Rhetoric website I read the Mary Fisher story. There are plenty of bias and fallacies examples Mary speaks of in this article. Mostly talking about how people are prejudiced and judgmental against people with the HIV virus. How people show no compassion and are so very cruel to the AIDS victims. Mary talks about how her family has shown affection to her through this difficult time but there are many other AIDS victims out there that
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