HIV AND AIDS Definition AIDS or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome - was originally defined empirically by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) as “the presence of a reliably diagnosed disease that is at least moderately indicative of an underlying defect in cell-mediated immunity.” Following the recognition of the causative virus‚ HIV‚ and the development of the sensitive and specific tests for HIV infection‚ the definition of AIDS has undergone substantial revision. The current
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HIV-AIDS in Africa Shelby May H102 – The World in the Twentieth Century II Professor Machado April 3‚ 2014 Word Count: 1800 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the virus that causes AIDS‚ has become one of the world’s most serious health and development challenges; “more than 25 million people have died of AIDS worldwide since the first cases were reported in 1981”.1 HIV is much like other viruses today such as the flu or the common cold. The difference
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A lot of people don’t get tested because they don’t believe something like this can happen to them until it do then they walk around miserable and feel as if life is over. Getting tested every six months makes a difference depending on how sexually active you are you might want to get tested more. I personally get tested every 3 months because my mother died from this virus and I do not want to leave my kids the same way she left me. Although you may not be that comfortable it is for the better
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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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Introduction : 2 2. HIV/AIDS : 2 3. HIV/AIDS and women : 2 4. Special signs and symptoms of HIV/AIDS in women : 3 5. Vulnerability of women to AIDS : 3 6. The challenges that HIV/AIDS infected women faced : 4 7. Transmission of HIV to women : 5 8. Global distribution of HIV/AIDS among women : 5 9. The impact of HIV on women : 7 10. Prevention : 9 11. HIV treatment : 9 12. Prevention Challenges : 11 13. The Global Response to HIV/AIDS : 11 14. The Global
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TRANSMISSION OF HIV * MODES OF TRANSMISION SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED MOTHER-TO-BABY MEDICAL AND SURGICAL EQUIPMENTS BLOOD TRASNFUSION AND ORGAN TRANSPLANT HEALTH WORKERS * SIGNS AND SYMTOMS * PHASES OF HIV AND AIDS ACUTE HIV DISEASE LATENCY PHASE AIDS PHASE * CONFIRMATION AND COUNCELLING * STIGMATISATION * PREVENTION INTRODUCTION HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. HIV is different
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| QUESTION: Discuss the impact of HIV/AIDS on education. CONTENTS 1.) Introduction. 2.) Discussion. i.) loss of professionals to the effects of HIV and AIDS ii) Funds channeled to combat effects of HIV and AIDS on education in Kenya iii) High dropout rates to the effects of HIV and AIDS on education iv) The introduction of HIV and AIDS as a unit on the Kenyan syllabus v) Stigmatizations caused by the effects of HIV and AIDS on education in Kenya 3.) Conclusion
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Stigma of HIV/AIDS It goes without saying that HIV and AIDS are as much about social phenomena as they are about biological and medical concerns. From the moment scientists identified HIV and AIDS‚ social responses of fear‚ denial‚ stigma‚ and discrimination have accompanied the epidemic. Discrimination has spread rapidly‚ fuelling anxiety and prejudice against the groups most commonly affected‚ as well as those living with HIV or AIDS. One of the main reasons for this is the lack of education
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HIV/AIDS and Women Women are facing devastating impact of HIV/AIDS in world over. In India women are already economically‚ culturally and socially disadvantaged lacking access to treatment‚ financial support and education. They are outside the structures of power and decision -making. They lack the opportunity of participating equally within the community and are subjected to punitive laws‚ norms and practices exercising control over their bodies and sexual relations. They are perceived as the
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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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