HIV and AIDS in the Phils. HUMAN IMMUNO-DEFICIENCY VIRUS ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME What is HIV and AIDS ? Are they the same? What similarities they have? What differences they have? HIV * An infected person may look healthy and feel well. * Without proper treatment and after continued attacks by the HIV virus on the immune system, the person may develop other illnesses and symptoms. * Infection will progressed into the stage called AIDS. * Nevertheless, people
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or daughter came to you with the horrifying news that he/she is HIV positive. What kind of impact would that have on you? How would you react to this devastating news? Where would you begin to do your research on such a matter? Who could you turn to? I understand that none of the board members in this small town in Gwinnett County called Little Foot can fathom the idea around me wanting to open a HIV Clinic for people living with HIV or AID’s which I would call Positive Impact. However, I can assure
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RESEAR CH AR TICLE Psychosocial Distress and Alcohol Use as Factors in Adolescent Sexual Behavior Among Sub-Saharan African Adolescents RANDY M. PAGE, PhDa COUGAR P. HALL, PhDb ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: This study examines the relationship between sexual behavior, alcohol use, and indicators of psychosocial distress (mental health) of adolescents in 6 sub-Saharan African countries using the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS). METHODS: The sample consisted of 22,949 adolescents
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sex. 2.2.4. Sex education in school The school should provide proper sex education to the students so that they will know how important is his or her body and relationships. The students have to know more about sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV and AIDS and how it affects human's body. The school counselor should always be ready to guide the students and lead them to the correct way. 2.2.5 Teenagers should learn self control techniques Teenagers nowadays normally will not able to think rationally
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reaching solution to curb the current trends in Ghana today. With that being said, Ghana is a country in the process of modernizing their current platforms/infrastructure but with this growth still come a variety of healthcare issues and diseases such as HIV and Malaria that need attention if this trends are to be curbed. Before one can delve further into the current health issues plaguing the nation of Ghana it is imperative to have a working knowledge on the nation’s history that can be seen as the
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The bacteria campylobacter was discovered in 1886. Escherich is the one who got the bacteria from children who had diarrhea. McFadyean and Stockman found campylobacter from fetal tissues in 1913. According to the article Campylobacter Jejuni- An Emerging Foodborne Pathogen, it said “The development of selective growth media in the 1970s permitted more laboratories to test stool specimens for Campylobacter.” Over the period of time more and more laboratories were went to test Campylobacter. Campylobacter
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Most people think it would be obvious if they had a sexually transmitted disease (STD) or infection. Unfortunately, that is not true. Many STDs show no signs or symptoms, which is why it is incredibly important that you are tested regularly. While it may be scary, it's necessary in order to maintain your health. If you are scared of getting an STD test, don't worry—you are not alone. By knowing what to expect, you can put some of your nerves at ease. So here are four tips for women getting an STD
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Smallpox, a disease caused by variola virus, has been globally eradicated since the early 1980s due to the massive vaccination program conducted by the World Health Organization. However, there are concerns that the smallpox virus could be used as a biological weapon. In addition, the monkeypox virus, which resembles the smallpox virus, is an emerging virus that caused an outbreak of human monkeypox in Africa, and more recently in the United States. Therefore, the need for protection against these
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Somalia state is geographically located in eastern Africa with Ethiopia located at the west of Somalia, Djibouti to the northwest, and Kenya to the southwest, Yemen to the north and the Indian Ocean to the east. Furthermore Somalia is strategically located in the Horn Africa with the largest coast line among all African countries (). According to the World Fact Book (2014) the Somali population estimated about 10 million and has been without an effective functioning government for more than two decades
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Facts are established Word count: Matao Ramirez is a young Latin American male that had been diagnosed with HIV. Mateo’s doctor advised him to tell his fiancée about his HIV status and practice safe sex. Mateo assured the doctor that he would do so. After the wedding, the doctor accepted the fiancée as a patient. The fiancée was pregnant and a blood test revealed that she wa HIV positive. The doctor respected the fiancée’s request to share the result of the blood test infront of her husband and
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