AIDS: The Silent Killer Introduction AIDS is one of the most commonly known sexually transmitted diseases. The last stages of HIV‚ Human Immunodeficiency Virus‚ are what we know as AIDS‚ Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. HIV is similar to other viruses like the flu or common cold except the human immune system cannot destroy the virus. The virus can hide in the cells of the body for long periods of time and attacks important parts of the immune system like T-cells or CD4 cells. Once HIV destroys
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org/ HIV and AIDS Activities - information from the FDA Office of Special Health Issues. www.fda.gov/oashi/aids/hiv.html Specialized Information Services Home Page - US National Library ... - ... Library of Medicine (NLM) is responsible for information resources and services in toxicology‚ environmental health‚ chemistry‚ HIV/AIDS‚ and specialized ... www.sis.nlm.nih.gov CDC-NCHSTP-Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) Home Page - ... CDC - Divisions of HIV / AIDS Prevention Home Page;
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My current event is about how AIDS is the top cause for deaths in young women. In its first study of women’s health around the globe‚ the World Health Organization said that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44.Unsafe sex is the leading risk factor in. Throughout the world‚ one in five deaths among women in this age group is linked to unsafe sex‚ according to the U.N. agency. The data were included in a report that attempts to highlight
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WOMEN Sbusiso Msomi If you could put a face to Poverty‚ Aids‚ and ill-health‚ malnutrition what would it look like? Thinking of these words of misery‚ I always see a face of a ‘woman’. Why? I wonder! Gender‚ poverty and health are intimately related. Health and AIDS disease are not simply biologically determined phenomena. The chances of becoming ill are frequently related to a person’s social circumstances. That is to say‚ illness and AIDS disease are not simply associated with physiological changes
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Foreign aid is the transfer of goods‚ capital or services from one country to another directly or indirectly through international organizations such as the World Bank‚ the United Nations Children’s Fund‚ and many others. It is meant to offer some benefits or help to the recipient country and it comes in several forms for example; military‚ emergency humanitarian or economic aid. It is aimed at providing help in terms of crisis or disaster. This essay will discuss the concept of foreign aid. It
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Currently‚ there is not a vaccine for the AIDS virus‚ but things have been progressing toward an effective one for many years. An AIDS vaccine can be effective in two ways. Hopefully we can come up with a vaccine to prevent or delay illness in those already infected. A preventative vaccine is a substance introduced into the human body that teaches the immune system to detect and destroy a pathogen. Another way would be through a therapeutic vaccine to prevent or delay illness in those already
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EQ 7/2 EQ 7/2 PHT 112: HIV AIDS Determinants‚ Prevention and Management INTRODUCTION Human behavior plays a key role in most of the disease condition in life. a) Socialization; is a life long process through which individuals in a society develop an awareness of social norms and values; achieve destine of self. b) Norms: Rules and expectations conduct which either prescribes a given type of behavior‚ or forbid it. c) Values: Culturally defined standards held by human individuals or groups
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Young People: The Greatest Hope for Turning the Tide Young people remain at the centre of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in terms of rates of infection‚ vulnerability‚ impact‚ and potential for change. They have grown up in a world changed by AIDS but many still lack comprehensive and correct knowledge about how to prevent HIV infection. This situation persists even though the world has agreed that young people have the human right to education‚ information and services that could protect them from harm
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take the medication my health care provider gave me. I do not want my wife of anyone else to know. If she begins to show signs of not feeling well‚ then I will tell her. I just can’t tell anyone. What will people think of me if they know I have AIDS?” 1. Briefly discuss how the HIV is transmitted and how it is not. How can Mr. Thomas prevent the transmission of HIV to his wife and others? In infected people‚ infectious HIV is present only in cells and in some bodily fluids. HIV can
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AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is caused by HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). HIV is transmitted usually through unprotected sex with someone who is already infected‚ but it can also be transmitted through infected blood. The immune system is greatly affected by the disease. Once it enters the body‚ the virus recognizes a protein on helper T-cells‚ called CD4 (Cluster of Differentiation Antigen No. 4)‚ and it attaches onto that receptor to take over the CD4 cell. The result is a virus
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