which was later determined to be AIDS-related. Since that time‚ tens of millions of people have been infected with HIV worldwide. This global epidemiology of HIV/AIDS is evolving in low and middle income countries. Women and adolescent females in Sub-Saharan Africa are more at risk of HIV due to an extreme number of complex biological‚ behavioral and structural factors. HIV infection among women primarily drives the pediatric HIV epidemic. Postnatal transmission of HIV during breastfeeding is a major
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Gender‚ HIV/AIDS and Stigma: Understanding prejudice against women living with HIV/AIDS 1.Background and rationale Introduction The focus of the World AIDS campaign for the years 2002-2003 has been particularly on stigma‚ discrimination and human rights. The main objective of the campaign was to prevent‚ reduce and ultimately eliminate HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination‚ wherever‚ it occurred and all in all its forms. HIV/AIDS related stigma and discrimination are universal‚ occurring
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and Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) found out that at the end of 2001‚ 13.4million children under the age of 15 had lost one or both parents to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The increase in AIDS‚ which orphans many children‚ is one of the major challenges in many countries. According to HIV/AIDS Perspective (2004)‚ one of the worst consequences of AIDS is the large number of children orphaned as a result of parents dying from AIDS. By mid 1997‚ 10 million children under
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The salient facts are these: one in four new HIV infections in the United States occur in people under the age of 22. AIDS is already the sixth leading cause of death among 15 to 24 year olds in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 1996) and the leading cause of death among 25 to 44 year olds. In the 12 month period preceding July‚ 1996‚ two thousand‚ six hundred and sixty-seven people aged 13 to 24 were diagnosed with AIDS. A recent study from the Centers for Disease
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Social Work Intervention in Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS Introduction In India‚ HIV which causes AIDS appeared much later than any parts of the world. However‚ the disease is spreading with unprecedented rapidity and has now emerged as a serious socio-economic and public health problem. HIV and AIDS is a term in today’s world that has become synonymous with epidemic. The truth is that the HIV/ AIDS pandemic have affected not only the adults but even the youth and the children. Hence‚ it becomes
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Conclusion to HIV Aids Media has a powerful role to play in educating the world. It was years ago‚ that Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome‚ the disease now recognized all over the world as AIDS‚ was first detected and recorded in Asia. Over the past two decades‚ the infection rate has grown rapidly in Asia‚ which is now second number to Africa in the number of HIV positive people. In Pakistan‚ HIV and AIDS was first detected in 1986 and according to UNAIDS estimates‚ this country now has over
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THE IMPACT OF MEDIA CAMPAIGNS ON THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS IN UGANDA A CASE STUDY OF GULU MUNICIPALITY BY EGYEYU Henry A RESEARCH REPORT SUBMITTED TO UGANDA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS BOARD IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF A DIPLOMA IN JOURNALISM APRIL 2013 Declaration I‚ EGYEYU Henry‚ do hereby declare that this work is original and to the best of my knowledge‚ never been submitted to any other institution for a ward of any Diploma OR
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syndrome (AIDS) is the final stage of HIV disease‚ which causes severe damage to immune system and numerous of dead all over the world. AIDS is the sixth leading cause of death among people ages 25 – 44 in the United States. Millions of people around the world are living with HIV/AIDS‚ including many children under age 15 (PubMed Health). In addition‚ AIDS ranks the first leading of death in Vietnam. More than 260000 people living with AIDS and an estimated 100 people become infected every day (AIDS in
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our effort to curb the spread of HIV‚ we propose to continue and improve on our outreach effort targeted at the Chinese speaking Geylang crowd‚ and to initiate a campaign targeted at youths. The main objective of both efforts would be to encourage condom use and promote HIV testing as means to prevent the spread of HIV. On top of having both campaigns‚ we would like to propose making HIV testing more convenient by assisting with the implementation of a Mobile HIV Testing Van (MTV) service. Continuing
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UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic states that based on the 2009 data‚ 33.3 million people are living with HIV worldwide and Sub-Saharan Africa makes up 68% of the global total with 22.5 million people living with HIV.1 In an effort to address this epidemic‚ voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) programs have been implemented in many of rural and remote areas. VCT serves as the gateway to HIV prevention‚ treatment‚ care and support by allowing people to learn their HIV status. According to World
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