HIV AND PREGNANT WOMEN When people discover they are HIV positive‚ the though must be inconceivable. People‚ think “why me?” and it seems as though the world is crumbling down around them. Of course‚ everyone reacts differently and develops his or her own way to cope; however‚ it is crucial for him or her to realize that he or she is not alone and other people are fighting the same battle. The anxiety and stress about what the future holds takes over all thoughts and takes a toll on the body‚ making
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and contrast of HIV/AIDS prevention and care programme between Gujarat and Maharashtra states in India India has a serious health problem with Hiv/AIDS. In 2006‚ 3.1 million people were living with the virus‚ according to NACO( The National Aids Control Organisation). In 2006‚ the 15-44 age group had a HIV prevalence of 0.28%‚ so 1.7 million people were HIV positive in India at that time. 1986 witnessed the first case then by 1990 it had assumed epidemic proportions. Today HIV positive numbers
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HIV Prevention with Positives in Thailand: Ethical Dilemma of HIV Status Disclosure in intimate relationship. Abstract Every year‚ there are about ten thousand new HIV infection cases in Thailand. The majority of new HIV transmissions in Thailand have changed from commercial sex to intimate relationships while HIV prevention generally focuses on self protection and universal precaution. In 2003‚ Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommend to integrate HIV preventive measure into routine
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The public health problem I select is HIV/AIDS WITHIN THE African American population. The HIV epidemic in United States in alarming‚ however it is becoming particularly alarming more so within the African American community. It is not long ago since the first case of HIV/AIDS among the African American community was identified. The first case was identified in the 1980’s. HIV/AIDS was thought to be a disease that doesn’t exist in the African American community it was initially thought to be mainly
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“Voluntary HIV counselling and testing (VCT) is the process by which an individual undergoes counselling enabling him or her to make an informed choice about being tested for HIV and must be entirely the choice of the individual and he or she must be assured that the process will be confidential” (UNAIDS‚ 2000). Importance of HIV testing and counselling in HIV prevention and treatment HIV testing is very important program and claimed as a critical point of entry in both national wise as well as regional
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An analysis of the main reasons for the continued spread of HIV HIV‚ a virus only discovered in the late 1970s‚ has now become the most lethal virus around the world (UNAIDS‚ 2008). Scientifically HIV is a kind of virus which can destroy human’s immune system. Then‚ without defense of the body‚ other virus can easily infect body and ultimately results in death (WHO‚ 2013). Till the end of 2012‚ 35.3 millions of people live with HIV (WHO‚ 2013) and large quantities of family members suffer from the
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attitudes towards HIV/AIDS: Effects of a health education intervention on two nursing groups in Cairo University‚ Egypt Eman Taher and Rehab Abdelhai* Department of Public Health‚ Faculty of Medicine‚ Cairo University‚ Egypt. Accepted 3 April‚ 2011 Information education and communication (IEC) programs are the most effective available approaches for combating the HIV pandemic especially among nurses. The aim of this study is to assess knowledge‚ perceptions and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS before and
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Issues concerning the HIV/AIDS and Malaria Epidemic Deandre Bonnelle World Issues Mr.Paterna Friday‚ January 11‚ 2013
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Home HIV test kit Globally‚ there are 34 million people living with HIV and epidemic continues worldwide. Diagnosis and subsequent positive preventions are key factor in controlling epidemic. In spite of availability of variety of HIV tests‚ test acceptance rate varies region to region. For instance‚ American CDC estimates that almost 20% of HIV-positive individuals do not know their status. There are several factors behind this. Some of them are being afraid of knowing true sero status‚ being ashamed
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Demographics of HIV/AIDS in the United States of America HCS/490 Health Consumer Trends and Marketing January 21‚ 2013 Jennifer Pharr Demographics of HIV/AIDS in the United States of America “Every 9.5 minutes someone in the United States is infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).” According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC)‚ there are approximately 1.5 million people living with HIV‚ and one out of five is not aware they are infected (CDC‚ 2011). The first documented case
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