Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS 1. There is no cure for HIV or AIDS‚ so abstinence from sexual activity is the best course of action. 2. If you do want to engage in sexual activity‚ make sure that both you and your partner get tested and are HIV negative. 3. Use barrier protection consistently and every time. Barrier methods‚ like condoms and dental dams‚ provide a large measure of protection from transmission by preventing direct contact with semen and blood. Condoms and dental dams
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AIDS and HIV Awareness On October 30‚ 2006‚ I attended the Women HIV/AIDS prevention seminar located in the science and research building. This event started at 5:00pm‚ and it was hosted by the Sister Love‚ Inc. The speaker was a representative from Sister Love‚ Inc named Nairobi Moss. The Women HIV/AIDS prevention seminar was about how we as African American’s can help educate each other on the HIV/AIDS pandemic. It also was about how to prevent these diseases‚ and how it affects us in the
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CASE PROGRAM 2004-57.1 HIV/AIDS in the Barbados workplace – one company’s dilemma On 20 June 2004‚ George Hope‚ the General Manager of Caron Foods‚ a major manufacturing company in Barbados‚ faced the challenge of having to deal with the death of one of his employees - Maxine Cave - who had died of AIDS. Maxine was a production worker in the food plant and had been with the company for five years. She was a dedicated employee who had a positive work attitude. She rarely missed a day from work
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HIV and How It Attacks How HIV works in your body The immune system is the body’s natural defense against infections and disease. Your immune system is made up of different types of cells that protect your body from bacteria and viruses. For example‚ the CD4 cells which is also known as the T cells are part of the immune system. These cells recognize viruses and bacteria and help your body fight the infection. HIV is a type of virus that cannot make copies of itself(reproduce) on its own
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with Lowest HIV/AIDS Infection Rates When the first incidences of what is now known as the AIDS virus was reported back in the early 1980’s‚ not much was known about the illness. With even health care professionals baffled at the sudden appearance of this mystery disease‚ naturally‚ hysteria ensued. As such‚ many misconceptions surrounding the nature and origins of the virus spread. By the mid-80’s‚ the disease had been identified as AIDS or acquired immune deficiency syndrome‚ and HIV or human immunodeficiency
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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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------------------------------------------------- HIV/AIDS patients in Zambia; Are they cared for? A RESEARCH PROPOSAL By MUCHUU BRAVO (0977367952) STUDENT OF MASTER OF ARTS IN ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT LUSAKA‚ ZAMBIA August 2012 Table of Contents Executive summary 2 Background 3 Rationale 4 Problem 4 Objectives 4 Methodology 4 Anticipated Results 6 Dissemination 7 Timetable 7 Budget 7 Appendix A: Study Time Frame 8 Appendix B:
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The HIV/AIDS Epidemic In South Africa Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is one of many infectious diseases that plague the world today. According to the 2007 AIDS epidemic update put out by The United Nations Joint Program on HIV/AIDS (UNIADS) there were approximately 2.1 million AIDS related deaths and 33.2 million people infected with HIV world wide (UNAIDS/WHO Working Group‚ 2007). Despite its abundant resources and its well-developed
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Health Organization Mali HIV/AIDS Mali’s Position and Solutions to HIV/AIDS 1. Background: The acquired immune deficiency (AIDS) is the final stage of a group of symptoms that cause destruction to the immune system cells by a retrovirus. There are a number of retroviruses that can cause AIDS with each affecting different species. The most common among the human population is known as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). There are three separate ways of transmitting HIV - through unprotected and
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Trend Aids / HIV in Malaysia. The first three case of by 2003‚ the reported cumulative number of cases amounted to some 58‚000. Of these‚ slightly more than 6‚000 persons‚ 11 per cent‚ had died of AIDS (Table 6.1). The number presented in Table 6.1 reflects only those who have been reported. About 80 per cent of reported HIV/AIDS cases occur among those aged 20-39‚ the younger and potentially more productive segment of the nation’s population. Table 6.1 (Cumulative Number of reported HIV and
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