AIDS was identified for the first time in 1981, and HIV, the causative agent of AIDS, was identified and isolated two years later. Not only is this virus known to have fatal clinical consequences due to the damage that it causes to the immune system,...
The world-spread epidemic of HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV) infection and a huge number of deaths and financial loss it causes every year remains it to be a major public health issue. The distribution of infections around the world is largely differentiated, with more than...
Costa, Mclntyre, and Ferreira’s study in 2018 documented people having good knowledge about HIV transmission and prevention, although there are still some myths; more so 79.9% of the women are knowledgeable about condom use that prevents transmission of HIV and other related diseases, however, only...
Unprotected Sex and HIV Several occasions that sex partners go unprotected sex Alcohol Consuming alcohol prior to sex is a major factor of unprotected sex in partners. A research has predicted that Probability of having sex increases as participants consume any amount of alcohol and...
We have come a long way from when the first cases of HIV infection were reported, towards prevention, management, and treatment of HIV. According to the HIV Surveillance Report published by the Centre for Disease Control in November 2017, the number of new annual HIV...
Human Immunodeficiency Virus or as we know it is called HIV. This virus attacks a type of cell the white blood cell or another name for it is T cell and the virus makes multiple copies of itself inside these cells. AIDS would stand for...
“The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infects cells of the immune system, destroying or impairing their function.” The virus attacks directly and mostly the CD4 cells, also known as T-cells, T-lymphocytes or helper cells. These cells are programmed to recognize, respond to and remember antigens, some...
Kenya is one of the countries that have been hard hit by the AIDS epidemic, with the country reporting over 100,000 new HIV infections every year. In 2005, the country was ranked 4th in the world by HIV population and 17th by the HIV/AIDS prevalence...
Unprotected Sex and HIV Transmission Several occasions that sex partners go unprotected sex 1. Alcohol Consuming alcohol prior to sex is a major factor of unprotected sex in partners. Aresearch has predicted that Probability of having sex increases as participantsconsume any amount of alcohol and...
Today, people infected with HIV can live normal, longer, and healthy lives thanks to the various forms of treatments modes available today. One such form of treatment is the HIV antiretroviral therapy (Palella, F. J. et al. Declining morbidity and mortality among patients with advanced...
To answer this question a brief understanding of HIV is needed. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is, as its name suggests, a virus of the human immune system. HIV is a type of virus that integrates its own DNA into the host cell. In the case...
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the causative agent for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), is a significant contributor to the global burden of disease with undesirable implications for individuals and countries (Want et al., 2016). As of 2016, there were 36.7 million HIV-positive individuals worldwide (WHO, 2017)....
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has affected millions of people worldwide, more especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The number of infections that occurred in infants in 2014 was estimated at 220, 000. Out of this, approximately ninety mine percent of the infections in infants are acquired...
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Hidden in a labyrinthine network of roads and backstreets, in the heart of a humble inner-city suburb, the Mai Tam House of Hope fosters abandoned children and struggling mothers infected with HIV/AIDS. From the outside, the House of Hope was no different from any other...
The White House has fired the remaining members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA), the council’s executive director, Kay Hayes, confirmed to HuffPost Friday.Six members of the committee had previously resigned in June due to “a president who simply does not care,” one...
Do HIV medicines cause adverse reactions or side effects? Yes, just like any other medicines, HIV medicines also cause side effects. People with HIV who manage the severity of their HIV symptoms with HIV medicines for them to continue living with HIV a little healthier...
HIV is world wide issue that effects millions of people. This virus has proved to be very hard to combat against due to the nature of how it reproduces. Since the discovery of the virus it has shown to be very deadly disease taking millions...
Globally, women in different regions face similar issues on different scales of intensity. Prominent issues include how the HIV/AIDS pandemic affects women, including their disease status, along with the varying levels of household, economic, and social power they hold. When greater inequality exists between men...