Economic Consequences Of AIDS/HIV Affects on economically active people: • Will not be able to work • Women are the main tillers of soil as well as the main cares when family members become ill • When patients are in hospital it is common for woman to take care of them‚ bath them and feed them so pressure is caused not just by the financial burden of hospital care but by the time lost of tending land Impacts on Sexually active: • Impacts on sexually active people is that they will not
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HIV is the virus that is commonly transmitted sexually and can develop into AIDS. In the U.S. gay and bisexual of all races are the most severely affected by HIV. HIV can also spread through breast milk‚ blood‚ and needles either through drug use or the use of an unsterile needles when getting a tattoo. Over 1 million people in the U.S. are currently living with HIV and 1 in 7 don’t know it. In the world‚ there are estimated 42 million people that are living with HIV/AIDS. The area with the majority
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An Exploration of the dynamics of HIV/AIDS. | People have unlimited needs and wants‚ but governments have limited resources. In the allocation of funds to any sector‚ the government faces competing interests. Money must be allocated for roads‚ public transportation‚ education as well as health care. Thus any government‚ seeking the people’s best interests would need to find a way to allocate resources that would be both efficient and equitable. HIV is an epidemic that treatments to wipe
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Objectives: 6 1.6 Justification 7 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 10 2.1 The Global HIV and AIDS Situation 10 2.1.1 The African HIV and AIDS Situation 12 2.1.2 High Risk Groups 13 2.1.3 Epidemiological Classification of HIV Infection Trends 14 2.1.4 The Difference in Risk Factors to HIV Infection between Military and Civilian Populations 15 2.1.5 Factors in the Military Environment that Raises the Risk of HIV Infection 15 2.1.6 Opportunities for Engaging in Risky Behaviour 17 2.1.7 The Risk-Taking
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Running head: HIV/AIDS in African Americans 1 HIV/AIDS in November 15‚ 2012 Research‚ Definition‚ and Statement of HIV/AIDS African-Americans are the ethnic group most affected by HIV/AIDS. Ironically african-americans represent 14% of the population of the United States ‚ but represent 44% across the gender line. African-american men represent 70% of HIV infections among the ethnic group‚ however african-american women are also highly at risk of HIV infection. Indeed
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people in the United States are living with HIV/Aids. HIV is a virus that attacks the immune system. HIV can be divided into two categories HIV-1 and HIV-2. The HIV-1 strain is most common. The HIV-2 Strand is mostly found in West Africa‚ unlike HIV-1 which can be found worldwide. The HIV-1 strand is more pathogenic. HIV if left untreated will develop into AIDS. AIDS is acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. AIDS is the result of a long exposure to HIV. HIV will attack the host cd4 cells. Cd4 cells signal
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HIV/AIDS and African Americans In the United States one of the leading causes of death for African American women is HIV/AIDS. This paper is on the African American women living in the United States with HIV/AIDS‚ how the health care policy affects them and the different stakeholders that are being affected by the health care policy. “HIV is the virus that causes AIDS” (2010). The virus weakens the body’s defense system‚ this makes it hard on the body to fight off other health problems and as
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The HIV/AIDS moral panic. In human societies there will always be issues or problems that occur which cause some form of reaction from those who feel that their values or societal equilibrium is being threatened. Stanley Cohen and Jock Young led the way in explaining the notion of moral panics and how they are formed and their consequences on society. There have been numerous of these moral phenomena over the years‚ which have gripped society in a vice lock of terror and more often than not
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uptake of family planning (FP) options‚ and to promote HIV and STI prevention among young people from age 18 to 24. It involves educating a targeted population in Straatford Farm village in KwaZulu-‐Natal province about how HIV is transmitted and how it can be prevented. Young people
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Why is HIV/AIDS education for young people important? Female students Female students HIV and AIDS education for young people plays a vital role in global efforts to end the AIDS epidemic. In 2012‚ more than one third of all new HIV infections were among young people aged 15-24 (780‚000). While this number is falling‚ HIV-related deaths have been on the rise among this group. In fact‚ HIV is now the second most prolific cause of death among young people worldwide. 1 “Young people remain at the centre
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