HIV/AIDS

safety are quite similar to the prevention of HIV. There are programs and classes, health care workers must take to learn how to prevent HIV and prevent it from spreading. For example, blood safety is one precaution that aims to strengthen blood transfusion services to ensure that all blood units are collected from healthy donors who are suitable to donate by screening for transfusion infections such as HIV. This also goes for the same for the prevention of HIV to ensure the safe disposal of…

virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Following initial infection, a person may experience a brief period…

Unfortunately, HIV mutates rapidly and incorrectly resulting in resistance to AZT. Protease inhibitors combined with other effective drugs have been more effective in prolonging the lives of infected patients. The inhibitors block the viral enzyme protease, resulting in viral copies that cannot destroy/infect new cells (Fauci, 2003). These combination treatments decline AIDs incidence and mortality in the U.S. Although many medications are presented to infected patients, there’s still no cure…

impacts like HIV and AIDS which can be spread because of human trafficking, and can affect any and all of the population. Since human trafficking often involves selling a person for sex, pregnancies would be expected. No matter, human traffickers have even found a way to make that seem dark and twisted. They force those who are pregnant to have abortions, with unclean instruments by noncertified practitioners. This lack of sanitation is one of the many factors in the ever spreading HIV in the…

hospital with only one dedicated flor for AIDS patients sounds so cruel. Unfortunately, our society have less value for some groups of people. I am sorry that your friend had to experience such pain. Since i don’t know much about the issue, almost everything surprised me, but at the same time I was able to make sense with some of the new materials I learned, because so many things occur like a pattern. For example, “Black men are disproportionately impacted by HIV in the U.S.” (lecture).…

into their bloodstream. The program have many pros from its operation. Some of the pros would be that it decreases the chances of someone getting HIV/AIDS , or the spread of any other disease. It properly disposes contaminated or used needles, while decreasing the number of users who share them. The cost of obtaining a clean needle is only a dime. HIV testing can be done at centers for free. The program itself educates drug users on how to inject safely. A con of the Needle Exchange Program…

“AIDS in Black America” is a roughly two hour film depicting the struggles of the black community in the US concerning the AIDS epidemic (hence the title). Blacks suffer a critical amount of casualties from AIDS related causes in the U.S. According to AIDS Update 2014, “Blacks account for more new HIV infections, people estimated to be living with HIV diseases, and HIV-related deaths than any other racial/ethnic group (Stine 324). Also, according to the film, if black America were it’s own…

AIDS, an invisible dead can change life and families of people who get infect. AIDS is the final form of HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). This virus attacks and weakens human resistance and killing millions of people each year. There are millions of people living with AIDS today, about 60% of people in Africa got infect. People are living in fear because AIDS is easy to spreading and there is no medicine to stop this illness. During the AIDS Day Speech on 2006, President Obama gave a speech…

short period of time. 4 What is the impact of sex trafficking on the program to prevent HIV/AIDS? • Sex trafficking only increases the risk of contracting HIV/Aids. To begin with, they don’t know if the women they are selling are infected, along with the men that are having sex with these women. Furthermore, they do not use protection when having sex with these women. GENERAL HIV/AIDS Questions: 5. With HIV/AIDS being so pervasive and reaching pandemic portions, in your own words discuss why…

Running head: HIV 1 HIV Student Name: Institution: Course Code: Date Due: HIV Definition According to Stolley and Glass (2009), HIV, which stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, refers to the AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) causing lentivirus. The condition is further responsible for the incessant failure of the human immune…