HIV-positive people

Contrasting cases of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in countries such as Nigeria and the United States reveal global similarities and discrepancies in healthcare standards and societal responses to HIV. Specifically, the impact of discrimination and stigma on HIV-positive women presents major social and economic challenges, resulting in poor self-opinion, loss of support networks and employment and inadequate healthcare. Within this context, the term ‘discrimination’ will describe the…

MSM. Overall, the rates of HIV positive MSM are significantly higher than those of the men who reported male-female sexual contact. Determining if these increased rates reflect a definite increase of HIV infection among MSM or an increase of HIV positive men getting test while…

HIV and AIDS With the use of descriptive epidemiology we can explore public health problems that affect individuals and communities. Observational studies focus on assessing the health status of communities and evaluating the outbreak of a new disease or occurrence (Chamberlain University, 2018). One public health problem that has been since the 1980s is HIV/AIDS. This virus is said to have crossed from chimps to humans in the 1920s and is now affecting millions of people all over the world.…

There are approximately 37 million people living with HIV in the world today. More than two-thirds of these people reside in sub-Saharan Africa (amfar, 2015). The country with the highest rate of HIV/AIDS is Swaziland, which will be the main area of focus. However, we plan to implement the program among surrounding regions as well. Although this disease now affects young women and children the most, the problem begins with older males who have contracted the disease. As the rate of disease…

time it was known as a death sentence virus. There is a stage before AIDs which is known as HIV. HIV was first discovered in 1981. One in every six people are infected with HIV. The acronym HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. Unlike most viruses, HIV is one that your body can never nor will ever get rid of. So, once you have HIV you will have it for the rest of your life. The early stages of HIV have several symptoms such as mouth sores, muscles aches, sore throat, fever, chills, and…

1. The risk for people in their 20’s to contract HIV is very great. “About 1 in 4 new HIV infections is among youth ages 13-24” (U.S. Statistics). This is because this is when people become sexually active and are inexperienced in protecting themselves. They do not know all of the ways to stay safe while having sex. There are many ways in which to transmit HIV but can only be transmitted through certain bodily fluids. These bodily fluids are: blood, semen, pre-seminal fluid, rectal fluids,…

tasked with researching the frequency of HIV/AIDS in my rural area. It is a small population so I will work on both an observational and experimental study design. This will allow me to attempt to understand the spike in incidence of HIV/AIDS as well as work towards isolating the cause and educating the population. For the observational approach, I will work on a cross-sectional survey of the population. A cross-sectional study must include randomly drawn people from the affected population…

have hit the world at large is HIV/AIDS. The deadly virus has claimed many lives in the recent past. However, increased knowledge on how to combat the virus and ways to prevent infection by the virus has played a significant role in reducing HIV prevalence. This paper presents an array of HIV-related issues including the global statistics of HIV prevalence, U.S ranking on HIV prevalence, efforts made by World Health Organization (WHO) and other agencies to combat HIV and existing social…

does little to protect unsuspecting individuals yet fully protects those with malice intent to spread the virus. I fully understand that disclosure of positive HIV status has the potential to create turmoil in the lives of the affected as well as their loved ones. Stigma, the potential for violence, and discrimination is the fear that people with positive status live with. The comment, "We can fight stigma. Enlightened laws and policies are key. But it begins with openness, the courage to speak…

II. Introduction and Literature Review HIV attacks T cells, reducing the body’s ability to fight off infections. A person with the virus is more susceptible to infection and has a harder time fighting them off. Often an infected person will show little to no signs of infection for years. If left untreated, HIV can develop into Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). A person with AIDS has an immune system so badly damaged, that they become vulnerable to opportunistic infections. If the…