main ways the HIV can be spread: 1. Sexual intercourse 2. Intravenous drugs 3. Blood transfusions (which are very rare now because all blood is tested) HIV is spreading like wild fire among adolescents because they don’t believe it can happen to them. Prevention for positives is only possible if a person knows his or her HIV status. Voluntary counseling and testing strategies (VCT)‚ a cornerstone of HIV prevention‚ has generally been seen as a first defense against the spread of HIV disease‚ with
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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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------------------------------------------------- REACTION PAPER “HIV / AIDS” I. Title: HIV / AIDS Date: December 10‚ 2011 Name of speaker: Darius Umande II. Overview of the topic As I have learned from my past lessons in high school and elementary‚ HIV which stands for human immunodeficiency virus is a kind of virus‚ specifically lentivirus‚ that causes the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome better known as AIDS. As what our high school teacher taught us‚ HIV can be transmitted commonly from person
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Chapter I HIV AIDS INTRODUCTION The arrival of the AIDS epidemic in the 20th Century‚ brought with it fear‚ superstition and prejudice. This disease is not the first one where society has imposed social stigmas‚ political agendas and outright pandemonium. Misunderstandings of other diseases like the bubonic plague‚ small pox and the Spanish flu also have caused hysteria among populations around the world‚ but the main difference between these epidemics and that of AIDS/HIV is that
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CHAPTER ONE- Introduction 1.1Background HIV and AIDS is a major health problem in developing countries. An estimated million people living with HIV or AIDS worldwide and more than 3 million die every year from AIDS-related illnesses. At of the end of 2007‚ WHO/UNAIDS estimated that 70‚256 people out of the total population of 25.2 million people were living with HIV‚ indicating a prevalence of about 0.55 % in the adult population in Nepal‚ though only 10‚546 cases have been reported. Out of 28
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How to Prevent the Spread of HIV Felicia White English 1001 May 5‚ 2013 Sean Leary South University HIV has been on the rise for some years now. HIV is the Virus that causes the medical condition AIDS. This illness attacks the immune system‚ making a person susceptible to many infections and diseases. The virus is found in the body fluids of an infected person and can be passed from one person to another. HIV can be spread in various ways‚ such as vaginal‚ oral‚ or anal sex as well blood
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Abdalla A. Bafagih Professor Trent Newmeyer Sociology of AIDS Soc 309Y1F June 21‚ 2004 Impact of Culture on the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Kenya a national culture is not a folklore‚ nor an abstract populism that believes it can discover the people’s true nature….a national culture is the whole body of the efforts made by a people in the sphere of thought to describe‚ justify and praise the action through which that people has created itself and keeps itself in existence
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HIV/AIDS-- A Deadly Disease HIV and AIDS are a silent killer virus that many people have today‚ and even more that do not even know they have it. With the millions of viruses and diseases in the world‚ HIV and AIDS are the two that struck the world by surprise‚ becoming one of the most serious and most common diseases not just in the United States‚ but also around the world. HIV and AIDS is caused by genetics‚ accidental contamination‚ and sex; it therefore leads to medical doctors trying to find
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HIV and AIDS AND POVERTY; HOUSEHOLD (HH) ECONOMIC STRENGTHENING AS A STRATEGY FOR BREAKING THE VICIOUS CYCLE Introduction While HIV and AIDS affect the poor and the rich‚ the poor people are‚ nevertheless‚ doubly disadvantaged. The reasons why poor people are vulnerable to HIV/AIDS are: a) b) c) d) e) Poor people have fewer choices; Poor people are less able to protect themselves against HIV/AIDS; Poor people may have fewer rights‚ or be unaware of their rights; The majority of the world’s poor
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HIV/AIDS Amber Findley HCA/240 01/27/2013 Shannon White HIV/AIDS HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)/AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) was first discovered in the early 1980s. These cases were seen in men who had multiple sexual partners with other men and IV drug users. “AIDS is now a pandemic.” (Zelman‚ Tompary‚ Raymond‚ Holdaway‚ & Mulvihill‚ 2010) The purpose of this paper is to describe what HIV/AIDS is. This paper will also
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