much more likely to get infections, including opportunistic infections and tumors that do not usually affect people who have working immune systems. HIV is transmitted primarily via unprotected sexual intercourse, contaminated blood transfusions, hypodermic needles, and from mother to child during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding. Prevention of HIV infection, primarily through safe sex and needle-exchange programs, is a key strategy to control the spread of the disease. There is no cure or vaccine;
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The United States HIV prevention efforts are guided by a single strategy for combating the HIV epidemic: the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). On July 13, 2010 the White House in coordination with the CDC released the nations first-ever comprehensive coordinated HIV/AIDS roadmap with measurable targets that need to be achieved by 2015. The vision for the NHAS is that “The United States will become a place where new HIV infections are rare and when they do occur, every person, regardless of age,
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The Role of Social Support in Coping with HIV/AIDS The topic of HIV/AIDS is particularly relevant in a South African context due to the rate of infection in this country, as well as the government’s stance on HIV/AIDS policy. South has Africa has the highest rate of HIV infection in the world. The Mbeki regime’s policy has only recently been changed to increase the availability of antiretrovirals to those infected. While these antiretrovirals may be used to treat the virus itself, they are ineffective
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African Americans with HIV/AIDS African American with HIV/AIDS One of the most important issues in an individual’s life is their health. The question that many individuals are wondering is how many different diseases are affecting millions of individuals throughout the world? These sometimes harmful diseases are affecting new born, young children, teens, adults, and elderly. Some of these diseases syndromes, disorders, and ect are curable and others can’t be cured which is only increasing the
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Trichomoniasis Trichomoniasis is found worldwide has been found primarily in women between the ages 16 and 35. Trichomoniasis is a sexual transmitted disease (STD) that is found in both men and women. This infection is caused by the parasite. People contract trichomoniasis from an infected person to an uninfected person during intercourse. The most infected part found in the women is she usually in her vulva, vagina , or the urethra . In other hands, the most infected part found in men
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long-term care, and those who require emergency management each present versatile affects. Just as these particular demographics affect health care, patients with HIV/AIDS, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, does as well. There has been an impact in each community, and globally, from AIDS as it is an incurable disease. It is presumed that HIV was presented in the United States through one infected immigrant from Haiti. Since this was new to our society, many diagnosed and treated presented cases as
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Summary of Research for Legal Project Presentation Tammy Fergerson HCS/430 7/15/2012 Edna Wilkerson The Center for Disease Control provides leadership, guidance, and research to help control the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) epidemic by working alongside the communities on a state and national level. They are also partners with other countries abroad in research, surveillance and evaluation of activities among the world’s population. The activities
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final stage of HIV (Human Immune Deficiency Virus), which causes severe damage to the immune system. AIDS officially originated from a primate of chimpanzees in West Africa as the source of HIV infection in humans. Scientist believed that the chimpanzee version of the virus called (Simian Immunodeficiency Virus or SIV) most likely was transmitted to humans and mutated into HIV when humans hunted this source for meat and became in contact with their infected blood which resulted to HIV. Over decades
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In the current scenario where world is developing at a great pace, the essential rules and values of life are also changing; if not developing. Especially India which is fastly moving towards the western culture, has advocated a lot of changes in the living style of people. And sex is one of the prominent part of those changes. Gone are the days when virginity before marriage was taken as a custom; today marriages are not essential to have physical relations. But, Is sex before marriage really
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Syphilis Ryan Robinson SCI/163 December 12, 2013 Dr. O Syphilis Syphilis is a highly contagious disease spread primarily by sexual activity, including oral and anal sex. Syphilis can be passed through kissing and close bodily contact(WebMD, 2011). This disease spreads from sores, which a majority of the sores go unnoticed. The person that is infected is unaware he or she has the disease and passes it on to his or her partner. Transmission of the bacteria usually occurs during vaginal, anal
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