HIV/AIDS a Communicable Disease Jennifer Hudson August 20‚ 2010 A communicable disease is an illness that is spread through contact of germs and bacteria. Humans‚ animals and foods are all transporters of germs and bacteria that can deliver a contagious illness from one host to another. An effortless touch or swapping of fluids is all that germs and bacteria need to spread. There are several pertinent communicable diseases in the World today. For the purposes of this paper‚ we will focus on
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Human service professional and hospice care workers work with patients with the virus HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) that causes AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). Early on during the AIDS crisis social workers or human service professionals dealt more with the terminal parts of AIDS by starting up hospice services for the patients. Later on after much research and education the human service worker dealt with more of the psychosocial issues involved. Hospice services can provide advocacy
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Business College Stella Maris Polytechnic St. Joseph Campus‚ Capitol Hill‚ Monrovia‚ Liberia Course Title: English 201: Sophomore English I Topic: HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC: “Its Social Ramifications and Impacts on the Liberian Society” Thesis: Perhaps the most life-threatening‚ incurable but preventive disease to the human race is the HIV/AIDS Pandemic‚ and the awareness and understanding of its social ramifications and impacts on the Liberian society is paramount. Prepared by: Johnson S
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AIDs and HIV in Africa * Between 1999 and 2000 more people died from AIDs in Africa than all the causalities combined in every single war to occur in the African continent. * Everyday 4‚400 Sub-Saharan Africans die from AIDs‚ an additional 11‚000 are infected. * In 2008 it was estimated that 33.4 million people were living with HIV in Africa‚ 2.7 million more people were infected from HIV‚ and 2 million deaths from AIDS. * Sub-Saharan Africa alone accounted for an estimated 69%
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The Truth about HIV/AIDS Iyana Scott Language Arts The Truth about AIDS How can we decrease the spread of HIV/AIDS virus? There are approximately 1‚148‚200 individuals residing in the United States who are living with the HIV virus or full blown AIDS. Human Immunodeficiency Virus‚ also referred to as HIV‚ is an advanced virus that gradually reproduces a retrovirus that results into the development of immunodeficiency syndrome‚ known as AIDS. AIDS is a condition when the human
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HIV/AIDS/XXX Ricardo Juarez Catherine Emley‚ RN‚ MN‚ CS MA 051B If you talk about AIDS these days‚ most people think of Africa. Since two thirds of the people infected with HIV in the world live in Africa. In some countries over 80 percent of all adults will die of HIV. But the truth of the matter is‚ that HIV/AIDS is a pandemic problem that is all over the world‚ including here in the USA. So what is HIV/AIDS? If you were to ask people around you‚ the majority of the people will tell
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AIDS/HIV The HIV virus poses one of the biggest viral threats to human society today. It is contracted through bodily fluids such as blood and semen‚ and sometimes even saliva and tears. AIDS kills 100% of its victims and puts them through agony before they die. It has been a threat for about 15 years‚ and it is not going to stop now. In fact‚ AIDS is just getting started: It consumes more people each year. There is no known treatment for it either‚ only antibiotics to slow the reproduction
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HIV/AIDS Throughout history‚ few illnesses have carried as much significance as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or AIDS. Similar human catastrophes have presented in our history such as‚ bubonic plague‚ leprosy and tuberculosis. All of these dreaded sicknesses have caused pain and suffering across cultures. Pain is associated with the physical distress of the patient‚ suffering is culturally distinctive‚ it describes the affliction of the human spirit and how community members cope with it.
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Economic Consequences Of AIDS/HIV Affects on economically active people: • Will not be able to work • Women are the main tillers of soil as well as the main cares when family members become ill • When patients are in hospital it is common for woman to take care of them‚ bath them and feed them so pressure is caused not just by the financial burden of hospital care but by the time lost of tending land Impacts on Sexually active: • Impacts on sexually active people is that they will not
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Running head: HIV/AIDS Epidemiology in Swaziland HIV/AIDS Epidemiology in Swaziland Andrew Jay Mallo Florida International University Abstract Since the first case was reported in 1986‚ AIDS has disproportionately affected the Kingdom of Swaziland relative to other nations in the region and globally. The high prevalence rate is characteristic of a generalized epidemic. It is estimated that there will be 20‚000 to 30‚000 new HIV infections each year. The Swazi Ministry of Health and Social
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