World AIDS Day

“Silence = Death” and “Women Don’t Get AIDS” looking at art and theatre’s social and political activism and its impact on society. The 1980s were very critical for the AIDS epidemic and there were constantly new discoveries. However, thousands of people were dying due to the lack of accurate information being presented to the public and the slow development of medicine was detrimental to finding effective treatments. This artist strongly shows the importance of AIDS as both social and political…

changing than joining the Peace Corps, and it isn't just your life that you are changing. By joining the Peace Corps you are bringing aid to the millions across the world that need it, gaining important leadership skills, and strengthening the bonds across the entirety of the international community. The Peace Corps is one of many organizations dedicated to bringing aid to those in need, but they have been doing it longer than most. They have been at it for more than 50 years, during which…

AIDS can be spread through anything sexual such as oral, anal, or vaginal sex, blood transfusion, sharing needles, or it may be spread mother to baby during pregnancy. Symptoms for males and females may be fever, headache, muscle aches and joint pain, rash, sore throat, and swollen lymph glands. Other symptoms maybe be fatigue, diarrhea, weight loss, oral yeast infection, and shingles. One may be tested for AIDS by a doctor by checking if one’s lymph nodes…

HIV/AIDS is an immunodeficiency virus that attacks the body 's cell. HIV/AIDS are not two separate diseases, they are just two different stages of the same disease, AIDS being the more severe of the two. HIV or human immunodeficiency virus affects and attacks specific cells within the human body, weakening the immune system. AIDS or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is the final stage of the HIV infection, and not everyone progresses to this stage of HIV. “AIDS is the stage of infection that…

RUA: HIV/AIDS HIV, which stands for, human immunodeficiency virus is a virus caused by the HIV infection. AIDS, which stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, which is caused by HIV. HIV is a virus meanwhile AIDS is more a syndrome. HIV triggers AIDS and interferes with the bodies’ ability to fight various infections (Johnson, 2015). Epidemiology of the disease HIV/AIDS is now a global pandemic. As of 2012 approximately 35.2 million people are living in the world with HIV globally.…

your close friends. Now imagine a plague has been taking their lives away from your grasp and you know in your heart that any day now, this could be you. This is the case as seen in the documentary How to Survive a Plague. It is a documentary about how with the power of public speaking a group of people were able to make a change in the production and distribution of AIDS drugs. The documentary displayed the power of working as a group and with good public speaking skills anything you put your…

HIV/AIDS is a disease that is becoming more prominent each and every day that goes by, yet it is covert amongst society. Although it is feared and talked about amongst all age groups, races, and sexes, many people do not take the proper precautions to prevent being infected by this lifelong disease. Unlike other diseases where symptoms are noticeable almost immediately; someone with HIV/AIDS could be asymptomatic for quite some time, and might not show any signs until at least six months after…

Africa has been a hub for many of the world’s deadliest diseases and epidemics. Diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/Aids are responsible for millions of deaths in Africa each and every year. A major contributing factor to this issue is the current healthcare system set in place. The lack of easy access, coupled with the high cost of medication and treatment makes it very difficult for African citizens to receive the medical help that they need. Africa’s extreme poverty and lack of…

medicine to treat the virus, this phase can last a decade or more, but for some the progression through this period can be faster. But for People who are taking their medicine to treat the HIV (ART) the right after being infected with the disease every day may stay in this stage for few decades. It’s imperative to remember that people can still spread HIV to others during this period although patients who are taking ART and can be immune suppressed are more unlikely to transmit the virus than…

infection is acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It can take 10-15 years for an HIV-infected person to develop AIDS; antiretroviral drugs can slow down the process even further.” (World Health Organization, WHO) HIV/AIDS is a sexually transmitted disease (STD). A person infected with HIV has to live with it all their lives as it is still currently incurable. In all but a very small number of cases, HIV/AIDS damages an individual’s…