Should an HIV Positive Person be allowed to Work in a Health Care Facility? Imagine going to your doctor ’s office for a simple checkup. The examination approaches its end and a sample of your blood is needed. As your doctor prepares the needle‚ he unknowingly pricks himself getting his blood on the needle. A week later‚ your results come back and show that you prove positive for HIV. It turns out that your doctor is HIV positive and passed it on to you from the needle with a blood sample unseen
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by a virus called HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). The illness alters the immune system‚ making people much more vulnerable to infections and diseases. This susceptibility worsens as the disease progresses. Both the virus and the disease are often referred to together as HIV/AIDS. People with HIV have what is called HIV infection. As a result‚ some will then develop AIDS. The development of numerous opportunistic infections in an AIDS patient can ultimately lead to death. HIV can be transmitted
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(USAID) and United Nations International Children Education Fund (UNICEF) 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
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The Control Of HIV/AIDS in Denmark‚ Germany‚ Poland‚ and the United States Across the world‚ countries have been attempting to implement the most effective measures for controlling dangerous and widespread epidemics. These epidemics are a threat to the livelihood and growth of any country because they have the capacity to destroy entire populations and devastate economies and cultures alike. One of the most well known epidemics of our time is acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)‚ caused
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HIV/AIDS: THE IMPACTS ON THE BUSINESS SECTOR AND HOUSEHOLD AND COPING STRATEGIES CHAPTER 1: IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS ON THE BUSINESS SECTOR Introduction AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). In order for the virus to attack a person’s immune system‚ it has to enter the bloodstream‚ and there are three ways in which this may occur: 1. Through sexual intercourse - this includes both heterosexual and homosexual intercourse‚ although most infections
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CHAPTER ONE THIS DATA SHOWS THE VARIATION OF HIV/AIDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES: Number infected 22.5 mil Percentage of infected who are woman 61% Adult ’s prevalence rate 5.0 Adults and children newly infected 1.7 mil Adults and children deaths due to aids 2006 1.6 mil (72% of global aids deaths) Access to ARVs
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The Story of an Decimated Community The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) did not reach Vietnam until 1990 (National Committee for AIDS‚ Drug and Prostitution Prevention and Control‚ 2012)‚ but its spread was as fast and expansive as anywhere else in the world. At the beginning‚ intravenous drug users (IDU) and female sex workers (FSW) were the major deliverers of the epidemic. However‚ over 20 years‚ it has ubiquitously infected some other groups‚ including mobile workers‚ men who have sex with
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INTRODUCTION TO HIV AND AIDS FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE SPREAD OF HIV INFECTION AMONG THE YOUTH OF MALAWI. INTRODUCTION We have several factors that contribute to the spread of HIV to the youth of Malawi. Here in Malawi we have a lot of cultural practices‚ some of them put young people at risk to contracting HIV; such cultural practice like‚ kutchotsa fumbi‚ gwamula and hiring a fisi. Other factors can be that of cultural difference‚ economic difference‚ peer pressure and multiple
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middle-income nation. However Botswana‚ which once had the world’s highest rate of HIV-Aids infection‚ has one of Africa’s most-advanced treatment programmes. However‚ the UN says more than one in three adults in Botswana are infected with HIV or have developed Aids. The disease has orphaned many thousands of children and has dramatically cut life expectancy it is estimated that in a 2002 report 38.8% of adults are HIV positive which is the second highest in the world‚ behind Swaziland. The primary
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HIV During Pregnancy - Why You Should Test For HIV And What You Need To Know By Martine O’Callaghan Oct 2‚ 2012 HIV‚ human immunodeficiency virus‚ is the retrovirus which causes AIDS‚ acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. AIDS destroys the immune system - a complex set of glands‚ organs and tissues that help protect against and fight off diseases. HIV is blood borne and it can only be transmitted via bodily fluids such as blood‚ semen and vaginal mucus. It is‚ therefore‚ sexually transmitted but can
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