Among married couples‚ an individual’s perceived and actual risks of being infected with HIV are closely intertwined with his or her spouse’s. As the HIV/AIDS epidemic spreads to the general population‚ a large and increasing proportion of HIV transmissions occur within marriage (Bongaarts 1996). Indeed‚ discordant couples (i.e. couples where only one partner is infected with HIV) represent the majority of HIV-infected couples in sub-Saharan Africa (de Walque 2007)‚ and a large proportion of new
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expenses and declining workers’ productivity in the company. b) Anglo American became a de facto leader in the private-sector fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa. It also became a trendsetter for other MNEs to follow suit such as Coke‚ Ford‚ and Colgate-Palmolive. c) Received positive reactions and approval from WHO‚ the Global Business Council on HIV/AIDS‚ and a host of other NGOs. d) Became a socially responsible company in the global market. This comprehensive program reflects that Anglo American
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Introduction The overarching HIV/AIDS narrative often views children as “innocent victims” due to the aftermath of their parent’s death from the disease (Foster 44). This view forgets those children who find themselves harboring HIV and subsequently lose their lives to the illness. Does this suggest that living with HIV costs these children all forms of innocence? To contradict this assertion‚ Bollinger generates a work that seeks to remember these children and challenge such conventions in regards
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category 4 cyclone that sustained winds of 210 km per hour‚ and in light of this‚ the mitigation and response following the cyclone proved to be poor and limited. This was accountable to several factors including governmental suspicions of foreign aid. Occurring in early May 2008‚ Cyclone Nargis proved to be one of the worst atmospheric hazards to hit Burma and resulted in major loss and minor immediate recovery. Catastrophic to such an extent due to its geographical location and its strength
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family planning‚ made it difficult for students to have a voice to demand for their rights. Hence students’ health was negatively affected resulting in unprotected sex‚ sexual abuse and acquiring sexually transmitted infections including HIV and AIDS. Effective Health and Lifeskills Policy implementation is essential to prevent negative social behavior. Keywords: Health and Lifeskills‚ Policy‚ Student voices‚ Sexual Reproductive Health Rights‚ Negative Social Behavior. I. Introduction
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sexually transmitted infections which continue to adversely affect the lives of individuals and communities worldwide making it rank in the top five diseases categories for which adults seek health care. Sexually Transmitted Infections include HIV/AIDS‚ chanchroid‚ gonorrhoea‚ syphilis‚ chlamydia‚ candidiasis‚ herpes simplex‚ human papillovirus‚ viral hepatitis‚ trichomoniasis to mention a few (Kozier‚ O & Erb‚ C. 2005). Etiology of a sexually transmitted infection may be bacterial‚ viral‚ protozoan
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Prevention (CDC) estimates that 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV and nearly one in five of those are not aware that they are infected (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the virus that causes AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is an infection that slowly destroys the immune system‚ which makes it difficult for the body to fight off infections. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a communicable disease
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will become infected through breastfeeding.1 Is MTCT a major problem? In 2008‚ around 430‚000 children under 15 became infected with HIV‚ mainly through mother-to-child transmission. About 90% of these MTCT infections occurred in Africa where AIDS is beginning to reverse decades of steady progress in child survival.2 In high income countries MTCT has been virtually eliminated thanks to effective voluntary testing and counselling‚ access to antiretroviral therapy‚ safe delivery practices‚ and
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affects the population of a nation negatively in terms of loss of human lives or massive harm or injury to a large section of the population. In the year 1999‚ former president Daniel Arap Moi declared HIV/AIDS a national disaster in Kenya and called for the establishment of the National AIDS Control Council. HIV is a virus which causes progressive deterioration of the human immune system subjecting the patient to opportunistic diseases such as pneumonia and tuberculosis. The virus is transmitted
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Module 8 - How to treat STIs Marcel L. Swinford Grand Canyon University Human Sexuality PSY-225 Ketsia Chapman February 01‚ 2011 Module 8 - How to treat STIs Bacterial sexually transmitted infections include Chlamydia‚ Gonorrhea‚ Syphilis‚ and Nongonococcal urethritis (NGU). There are different treatments for each of these infections. Chlamydia should be treated dually with doxycycline and azithromycin (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2010). The treatment for Gonorrhea
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