COLLEGE STUDENTS IN NIGERIA UNDERESTIMATE THEIR RISK OF CONTRACTING HIV/AIDS INFECTION Kayode T. Ijadunola1, MBChB, MSc, FWACP; Titilayo C. Abiona1, MBChB, FMCPH; Olusola O. Odu2, MBChB, FMCPH; Macellina Y. Ijadunola1, MBChB 1Department of Community Health, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria 2Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Osogbo, Nigeria Address for Correspondence:
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Page Acknowledgements Declaration Dedication Table of contents Abbreviations Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Background on HIV/AIDS 1.1.1 HIV/AIDS in South Africa 1.1.2 HIV/AIDS in tertiary institutions 1.2 Backgrounds on university of Limpopo 1.3 Aim of the study 1.4 Objective of the study 1.5 Significance of the study
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Raymond Harris Professor Ira Falls English 102 23 February, 09 “Should Condoms be administered in Jail?” Despite the harsh rules banning sexual activity along with any kind of activity for that matter in prisons, HIV is a growing threat to inmates and will become a larger issue once they are released back into the world. Though there are obvious differences between the two scenarios, distributing condoms in prison looks to hit the same roadblocks as condoms in High Schools. The first issue
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concerning sexual activities of persons recruited in the military. According to Chao, et al, 2010 the research article's major component is knowledge, attitude, values and skills concerning sexuality. It is apparent that the fight against HIV and AIDS calls for the involved parties to adequately have enough knowledge to tackle it. Thus it is of significance to ensure that people are well equipped with the desired knowledge. The article sought after providing evidence that is needed for development
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United States Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, better known as, HIV/AIDS. This diseases has made an impact on our community, towns, cities, and worldwide. This disease does not discriminate against age, gender, and race. Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) has estimated that there are more than one million people living with HIV in the United States (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010). It is believed that HIV first entered the United States in the year 1969 though one infected
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Issue of the Case: The central issues of the case are given in the following matrix: Importance High Low Urgency High • Identify the potential target audience. • Determine the appropriate communication program which will break the barriers to HIV/ AIDS social marketing in Mexico and will create awareness to them irrespective of their sex, literacy, and geographic location. • Design an effective AIDS awareness message which is simple, believable, appealing and forceful to the target adults and
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HIV/AIDS is an epidemic that affects people from all over the world, all ages, all races. People can be living with HIV and people could not tell by looking at a person he or she has the virus.HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)is a virus that attacks the cells in the body's immune system, it tries to fight the virus but eventually the virus wins. Once the virus takes over it weakens the immune system that the immune system cannot fight against infections. People who have HIV can take medications
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105 02, December 2010 Save yourself and your baby’s life by taking a HIV test. Getting tested for Human Immunodeficiency Virus which affects the cells of any living organism in order to replenish itself in its host body. Since 1995, regulations have stated it is required that pregnant women receive HIV counseling and offered a voluntary test. However, I believe that all pregnant women should be mandatory to take an HIV test because of the risk of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT). Getting tested
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There are two major historical turning points in the period under discussion. The first major turning point was the Fall of Communism and the end to the cold war. The fall of communism and the end of the Cold War led to a reduction of nuclear weapons by both the United States and the former Soviet Union, although many weapons still exist (Shultz, 2012). The Second major turning point in this era was the large growth in the United States economic after President Clinton took office;and made the changes
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Global pandemics have helped shape history and the modern world. Without the diseases that cause pandemics nations and empires would not have been able to expand as far and wide as they did and they would not have grown in complexity and culture. The bubonic plague took the world to the Dark Ages, but also resulted in one of the greatest ages of enlightenment, the Renaissance. Beautiful works of art, literature, and philosophy were born from this. Somewhat sadly not all pandemics have resulted in
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