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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2/6/2013 Research Paper Tuberculosis Tuberculosis‚ also known as “The White Plague” is a very infectious disease. About 1/3 of the world’s population is believed to be infected with tuberculosis (around 2 billion people). Although numbers of tuberculosis cases are decreasing‚ the disease should still be taken very seriously. Mycobacterium is the pathogen that causes tuberculosis. It most commonly affects the lungs but if left untreated it can infiltrate the skin‚ bones and joints. Bone
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MALARIA INTRODUCTION: Malaria is one of the most devastating and infectious disease in many areas of the world and more or so in many developing countries in Africa‚ Asia‚ Middle East‚ South America and Central America. This disease has been noted for more than 4000 years (Center for disease control‚ Para 3). In addition‚ Malaria causes death in children after prenatal conditions‚ lower respiratory infections‚ and diarrhea diseases. The number of children dying from the disease is higher than
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|the university of zambia | |LINKING CLIMATE CHANGE TO HIV AIDS | | | |
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The Evolution of Tuberculosis Before the 20th century‚ there was little hope of survival for patients diagnosed with tuberculosis. The disease was considered impossible to fight and the only course of remedy was staying healthy by managing a healthy diet and getting plenty of rest (Goldberg et al.‚ 2012). In 1921‚ advancements in scientific research led to the development of the first vaccine‚ known as Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) (Lienhardt et al.‚ 2012). The discovery
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What is Malaria? (Knowing more on how to deal with Malaria) A. History of Malaria Although the parasite responsible for P. falciparum malaria has been in existence for 50‚000–100‚000 years‚ the population size of the parasite did not increase until about 10‚000 years ago‚ concurrently with advances in agriculture and the development of human settlements. Close relatives of the human malaria parasites remain common in chimpanzees. Some evidence suggests that the P. falciparum malaria may have originated
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Name: PDN(HIV/AIDS) TITLE: 1. How will you determine the extent to shich your organization has been adversely affected by HIV Pandemic 2. Describe the strategy that you will recommend to your organization to ensure that there will be enough staff to run the organization over the next five years 3. The HIV epidemic will clearly erode the available skills and competencies in the organization 4. How would one know what the level of awareness is about the HIV epidemic in your organization 5. How would
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respectively. Definition Pulmonary tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In many cases‚ M tuberculosis becomes dormant before it progresses to active TB. It most commonly involves the lungs and is communicable in this form‚ but may affect almost any organ system including the lymph nodes‚ CNS‚ liver‚ bones‚ genitourinary tract‚ and gastrointestinal tract. Etiology The development of TB requires infection by M tuberculosis and inadequate containment by the immune
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Tuberculosis is a disease. The classic symptoms of active TB infection are a chronic cough with blood-tinged sputum‚ fever‚ night sweats‚ and weight loss (the latter giving rise to the formerly prevalent term "consumption"). Infection of other organs causes a wide range of symptoms. Diagnosis of active TB relies on radiology (commonly chest X-rays)‚ as well as microscopic examination and microbiological culture of body fluids. Diagnosis of latent TB relies on the tuberculin skin test (TST) and/or
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Africa is facing a devastating crisis with respect to the AIDS epidemic‚ currently accounting for over 70% of the world ’s HIV-positive population. There are‚ of course‚ many factors that drive the explosive transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus‚ but in the tangled web that is the epidemic in Africa‚ many of these issues share a common thread. The oppression of women in Africa can be considered the virus ’ cultural vector. Females are rendered powerless in African societies‚ and existing
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