should be educated to avoid use of shared and unsterilized instruments for circumcisions‚ inscription of tribal marks and the various initiation ceremonies. Campaigns should be targeted at breaking some cultural practices that fuel the spread of HIV/AIDS. Women empowerment: There should be political will to enact and implement laws that will give women equal rights with men. This will include the right to education‚ right to be of consent- giving age before entering into any sexual or marital relationship
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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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When AIDS first emerged‚ no-one could have predicted how the epidemic would spread across the world and how many millions of lives it would change. There was no real idea what caused it‚ and consequently‚ no real idea how to protect against it. Now‚ in 2004‚ we know from bitter experience that AIDS is caused by the virus HIV‚ and that it can devastate families‚ communities and whole continents. We have seen the epidemic knock decades off countries’ national development‚ widen the gulf between rich
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Drug Education Writing Assignment Currently being used in about eighty percent of schools in America is the DARE program. DARE stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education and has taught over thirty-six million children. One of the recent debates in education is whether or not this program is actually effective in preventing the use of drugs and alcohol. On the official DARE website it gives success statistics based on if parents and teachers were satisfied with the program and if a child talked
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important factors in determining the relative emphasis placed by policy-makers‚ in S.A. on prevention as opposed to treatment of HIV. ’ One of the major problems affecting the South African country is the spread of HIV. The country is believed to have the most number of HIV victims than any other country. As seen on the diagram‚ South Africa has the highest adult HIV prevalence. (GRAPH) Only 10% of the children who need treatment are able to have the benefit of undergoing treatment; this causes
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What is AIDS? AIDS‚ which stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome‚ is a human disease caused by HIV‚ the human immunodeficiency virus. In this disease‚ the immune system gradually becomes less effective‚ which leads to more and more opportunistic infections and tumors. It is transmitted when a bodily fluid‚ for example blood‚ semen‚ or breast milk‚ of an infected individual comes into direct contact with a mucous membrane or blood stream of another individual. Although most commonly thought
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of IV drug needles‚ for example when they’re not sterilized after using the needles on an infected person‚ or other special blood treatments. Other ways of transmitting include breastfeeding and childbirth. They can even be transmitted by sharing sex toys with an infected person! Ongoing treatments and studies are taking place in order to take complete control of these diseases‚ and the branch of medicine in charge of this is called venereology. 2. What Is HIV/AIDS? What is HIV? HIV stands
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AIDS in Uganda “Officials estimate that a million Ugandans are living with HIV‚ the virus that causes AIDS. Of these‚ an estimated 200‚000 are in the advanced stages of the virus and need antiretroviral drugs (ARVs). About half of these are receiving treatment.” (Kavuma). For decades the governments of some African countries have been unable to provide the proper healthcare for their people. Among these countries‚ Uganda is home to one of the highest rates of HIV/AIDS. The government has put effort
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Ads for Aids There are over a million successful marketing campaigns in the world‚ but the question is‚ what makes them so successful and why do people donate and feel so drawn to such campaigns? The answer‚ is grabbing the attention or sympathy of a potential buyer or client. Being able to do such things requires including things that may relate to ones life but also something that makes people think that their lives will be better if they associate themselves with a product or
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Virology 4.03.12 ® Dr. Angela Stanic Management of HIV Infection HIV Basics HIV= human immunodeficiency virus causes AIDS Attacks the immune system and causes depletion of the CD4 (white blood cells) cells With time‚ a person progresses to AIDS Testing is available Rapid tests are confirmed by more accurate antibody tests No cure But we have long term therapies available HIV Laboratory Parameters HIV Viral Load (HIV RNA) Number of HIV copies/mL measured in a person’s blood This test tells you how
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