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HIV and Black Women - Not Hype, But The "Straight-Up Truth"
2008-05-18 17:44:00
Three years ago, Janine married Gary, her high school sweetheart. Gary was handsome, charming, successful, and an excellent father to Janine's teenage children from a previous marriage. They bought a beautiful brand new home in the suburbs and Janine thought she was living the American dream. That is until the day she listened to Gary's voice messages and heard another man calling her husband, "baby." Janine's perfect dream world quickly turned into a devastating nightmare. Three years later, Janine is still struggling with depression, financial debt, and other health issues. "Unfortunately Janine's story is all too common", says Joy Marie, the author of the explosive, informative, new book, The Straight -Up Truth About The Down-Low: Women share their stories of betrayal, pain and survival (Creative Wisdom Books-March 2008)."Black women are the fastest growing HIV/AIDS population in the US and they are most likely to be infected through high-risk heterosexual contact. This includ...
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What You Need to Know About HIV
2008-05-11 16:06:00
HIV is an abbreviation for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or AIDS as it is generally called, is the result of this virus. When a person has AIDS, the immune system gradually break downs. The patient then becomes highly susceptible to infections and illnesses, which could even, be fatal. History dates its origin to June 5th 1981 in Los Angeles where the virus was found in five homosexual men. It was then called GRID or Gay-Related Immune Deficiency because people thought it only affected homosexual people. This theory was soon blown to pieces when cases were reported from all over. Today, AIDS has reached epidemic proportions. It has plagued most countries around the world and is considered a highly dangerous disease. To gain a better understanding of HIV, we must first explore how it is transmitted. a. HIV is a sexually transmitted disease. What does this mean? The mucous membrane lines different parts of the body such as the lips, genital areas, ...

Notes on AIDS and HIV
2008-05-10 16:02:00
In 1981, scientists in the United States and France first recognized the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), which was later discovered to be caused by a virus called the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). HIV breaks down the body's immunity to infections leading to AIDS. The virus can lie hidden in the body for up to 10 years without producing any obvious symptoms or before developing into the AIDS disease, and in the meantime the person can unknowingly infect others. Currently, an estimated 40 million people worldwide are HIV carriers, and three million a year are dying of AIDS. HIV lives in white blood cells and is present in the sexual fluids of humans. It's difficult to catch and is spread mostly through sexual intercourse, by needle or syringe sharing among intravenous drug users, in blood transfusions, and during pregnancy and birth (if the mother is infected). Using another person's razor blade or having your body pierced or tattooed are also risky, but the HIV ...
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My Cure Theory for HIV - AIDs
2008-05-09 16:01:00
HIV has many different strands or forms making it almost impossible to find an efficient answer for vaccination. Over in other countries (Asia and Africa to name a few) where there is prostitution, scientists have discovered that prostitutes have become immune to the virus in a couple different ways. Scientists have discovered that the immune system of prostitutes has found a way to fight the virus. How could this be? HIV is being stopped in its tracks from becoming Aids . Is the virus, HIV fighting against different strands or forms of itself? Think about it. You have different strands of the virus, meaning several different partners with different types of strands of HIV. You have a prostitute with one type of strand (the control patient). The resultant different strands introduced to a control patient with one strand equals different outcomes. After years of research and billions of dollars in funding, ironically, sexually, prostitution has found a key to fighting Aids. There are ...
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TGP can help to prevent HIV-AIDS
2008-05-08 15:59:00
Now a day AIDS is increasing all over the world in an enormous position. No country could face it successfully. It turns very unique position in some countries of Africa like Uganda, Gayer, Cambodia, and Sub Sahara region etc. East Asian some countries are also affected by this. In South Asian country like India is the second largest country in the world for HIV/ AIDS. There are 5.1 million people carry or suffer of this. It will be the main reason of our country for vulnerable of HIV/ AIDS. Because we have to depend in various reason of that country. Mainly our internal Business fully depends on it. Such there many way we bound to go India. Burma is another neighbor country is already a large number affected in here. AIDS surveillance specialist Mr. Parvage Shajjad Mollik said, ?There are so many cultural values and socio economical systems are responsible for this increasing like this dieses, poverty and illiteracy is also responsible for this increasing. This indicator is not ful...
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AIDS and women in the world
2008-05-07 15:57:00
Women are in nature more vulnerable than men to HIV infection. ?Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation? have found that male to female transmission appears to be 2 to 4 times more efficient than female to male transmission, in part because semen contains a far higher concentration of HIV than vaginal fluid. Adolescent girls are predominantly vulnerable. Their immature cervixes and low vaginal mucus production presents less of a barrier to HIV infection. The developing world is now bearing the full brunt of the human immune- deficiency virus (HIV) epidemic. More than 90 per cent of new infections are in developing countries and the virus has spread to most areas. In many areas of sub-Saharan Africa, where infection has been prevalent for a decade or more, HIV has already become the leading cause of adult illness and death. Similarly profound changes in patterns of disease and death are likely in those regions of Asia and Latin America where the virus has more recently become epide...
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The HIV-AIDS epidemic has been fuelled by gender inequality
2008-05-06 15:55:00
Worldwide, rates of sexually transmitted infections among young people are soaring: one-third of the 340 million new STIs each year occur in people under 25 years of age. Each year, more than one in every 20 adolescents contracts a curable STI. More than half of all new HIV infections occur in people between the ages of 15 to 24 years. The sexual health needs for adolescent girls are generally overlooked, Stigma and vulnerability affects particular groups of men as well as women. Although men generally have more access to information on sexual issues than women, and more decision-making power regarding sexual behavior, Access to information, and treatment for other infections which facilitate the transmission of HIV and onset of AIDS, including sexually transmitted infections, are limited because of weak public health services, health workers? negative attitudes, and the high cost of treatment. If the adolescents are informed and thought about their sexual and reproductive health, ...
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Social Cultural and economic forces make women more likely to contract HIV
2008-05-05 15:54:00
The view of poor & developing countries, In generally we found that women & adolescent girls are more vulnerable to HIV infection on each sexual encounter because of the biological nature of the process and the vulnerability of the reproductive tract tissues to the virus, especially in adolescent girls. For example, young women are generally disadvantaged by gender disparities. In terms of food intake, access to health care and growth patterns, girls are often worse off than boys. The inequalities become evident soon after birth, and by adolescence many girls are grossly underweight. Social Cultural and economic forces make women more likely to contract HIV infection than men. Women are often less able to negotiate for safer sex due to reasons such as their lower status, economic dependence and fear of violence, adolescent girls in the countries. Adolescents in poor families often do not have the option to make real choices about their sexual and reproductive lives, such as...
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Female Sex Workers are vulnerable for HIV-AIDS in Bangladesh
2008-05-04 15:52:00
The over all HIV/AIDS epidemics situation is low in Bangladesh . But it is increasing very high in some heterogeneous group who are actually vulnerable of HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS spread out very quickly in all over the population. There are many ways in Bangladesh to HIV/AIDS increasing issue. The cause of poverty, gender discrimination, low prevalence of health facility, lack of reproductively knowledge, illiteracy and high risky behavior may be called epidemic in future of Bangladesh. The atmosphere, which is needed to spread HIV as epidemic of HIV/AIDS, those are present in Bangladesh. It seems that there are three issues that are appearing to play a crucial position in HIV transmission in Bangladesh: female sex work substance use, Intravenous drug use, professional blood donor and mobility. Female sex workers and their clients have been a major factor in the heterosexual transmission of HIV. Separate but unstable epidemics have been seen in some IDU populations in Dhaka city. And mobi...
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female sex workers in Bangladesh
2008-05-03 15:50:00
Although Bangladesh continues to be a low prevalence area, it is surrounded by high prevalence countries (High prevalence of HIV/AIDS in neighboring India). We however must not adopt a complacent attitude in respect as our country has all the determinants for an explosive outbreak of HIV/AIDS epidemic. Curses of poverty, illiteracy, ignorance, proximity of Bangladesh to the so-called 'Golden Triangle' & high prevalence of STDs, make our country seriously vulnerable. Drug use increases the HIV risk and can start very early-for example, glue-sniffing by youngsters living or working on the streets. The danger of becoming infected with HIV by sharing injecting equipment is well known, and real. Unemployment, slum housing, family fragility, frequent cross-border movement of people, lack of information, unsafe blood transfusion, physical and sexual abuse-that create a "risk environment" of violence for many young people in the region. In addition increased number of migrant workers,...
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Geographical location of Bangladesh and vulnerability to AIDS
2008-05-02 15:48:00
Bangladesh, with a population of 136 million, had about 13,000 adults and children living with HIV infection at the end 2002, according to UNAIDS estimates. However, only 248 HIV cases have actually been reported. Significant underreporting of cases occurs because of the country's limited voluntary testing and counseling capacity and the social stigma, which leads to the fear of being identified and detected as HIV positive. The HIV-prevalence rate among adults between the ages of 15 and 49 is still relatively low, at 0.1 percent of the population. As expected, rates are higher in specific groups, such as injecting drug users who have left treatment (1.7 percent) and commercial sex workers (0.5 percent), according to a national behavioral and serological surveillance undertaken in 2001. Although overall HIV prevalence is low, behavior patterns and extensive risk factors that facilitate the rapid spread of the infection are prevalent, making Bangladesh highly vulnerable to an HIV/...
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HIV / AIDS Complementary Treatment
2008-04-20 17:39:00
HIV/AIDS: COMPLEMENTARY MANAGEMENT VIA IMMUNE-ENHANCEMENT Latest technology complementary and supportive products are achieving remarkable results. A leading firm of clinical consultants who have been contracting to Medical Aid Funds to manage approximately 6 500 persons living with HIV/AIDS on an ongoing basis for many years, reports as follows: "We are contracted to render HIV disease management services to numerous patients of several medical schemes. We have been using Phytogard as an immune booster for the past 4 years with exceptional results. Some patients are currently controlled on Phytogard alone and maintain or improve their CD4 counts while reducing Viral Loads. Five of our contracted medical schemes are funding the inclusion of Phytogard in our disease management protocols." The success of Phytogard is mainly due to Foodstate*tm technology. For the first time in history specialised vitamin and mineral combinations are presented to the body as food. Utility is improve...
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AIDS/HIV Information
2008-04-19 17:38:00
AIDS is an acronym for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome it causes a destruction of the immune system. It is the most advanced stage of the HIV virus (HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus). AIDS is defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as the presence of a positive HIV antibody test and one or more of the illnesses known as opportunistic infections. The HIV virus, type 1 or 2 is widely known to be the cause of AIDS. HIV breaks down and attacks your T cells so your body is unable to defend itself against different infections. The HIV virus also attacks your peripheral nervous system, this causes nerve and muscle pain, especially in the feet, legs, and hands. HIV is spread through direct contact with semen or blood of an individual that is infected. This can be transferred in many ways the most common is unprotected sexual intercourse. Other means of infection are infected blood transfusions, mother to infant (at time of birth, or through breast milk)...
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Ayurvedic Management of HIV/AIDS
2008-04-17 17:37:00
At present, there is no scientifically proved cure for HIV /AIDS. Globally, the number of infected HIV /AIDS patients is increasing at an alarming rate; with a current estimate of 33.2 million people who are living with HIV 1. Hence, there is a dire need to search for a safe, effective and economical treatment for HIV /AIDS. In a retrospective study in 55 patients, Ayurvedic treatment has proved to be very promising in the management of HIV/AIDS. Fifty-Five adult patients were given Ayurvedic treatment for HIV/AIDS, during the period from April 1999 to November 2004.Each patient had tested positive for HIV/AIDS on at least 2 different occasions. No patient was taking anti-retroviral drugs at the time of commencing Ayurvedic treatment. All patients were started on treatment after written, informed consent. The Ayurvedic Herbal Combination ( AHC ) comprises of eleven different herbs in different dosage strengths, based upon their respective potencies, reported anti-viral and immunom...
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Voice of HIV, AIDS dies of pneumonia
2008-04-05 18:23:00
Autum Aquino of Bangor, whose early advocacy for AIDS awareness and education brought her national recognition, died unexpectedly Thursday at Eastern Maine Medical Center. Aquino was exposed to human immunodeficiency virus in her mother’s womb and diagnosed with the infection when she was 2 years old. After the deaths of her parents, she was raised by relatives in Hampden. She was just 23 when she died. Aquino was well-known in Maine and nationally for her openness in discussing her HIV status, for her ongoing efforts to raise public awareness about HIV and AIDS, especially among teens and young adults, and for her high energy and optimistic nature. On Friday, Aquino’s sister Ja’Nette Agosto Converse, 26, of Unity said her outgoing younger sister’s death was sudden and unexpected. Aquino had been healthy and active, working in a local retail store and living with her fiance in an apartment in Bangor. But earlier this week, Converse said, Aquino contracted a bacterial sin...
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Treatment For AIDS
2008-03-01 17:39:00
From the time that HIV/AIDS was identified (during the early 1980s) till date, there is no definite treatment that can completely cure a person of an HIV infection. The medicines usually prescribed by the doctors only offer symptomatic relief from the opportunistic infections associated with the disease.All over the globe, medical research is in progress to develop that 'wonder drug' which can treat both HIV/AIDS and opportunistic infections at the same time. However, such a wonder drug has not been developed as yet. Therefore, doctors continue to prescribe medicines to treat the opportunistic infections and to extend the life of the patient by improving the quality of their life.The drawback with these medicines is that not only are they unable to cure HIV/AIDS, but they are very expensive and beyond the reach of a common man. Additional drawback is that these medicines have many severe side effects. Prolonged use of these medicines makes a person resistant to it and the body no ...
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What You Need to Know About HIV
2008-02-14 17:04:00
HIV is an abbreviation for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or AIDS as it is generally called, is the result of this virus. When a person has AIDS, the immune system gradually break downs. The patient then becomes highly susceptible to infections and illnesses, which could even, be fatal. History dates its origin to June 5th 1981 in Los Angeles where the virus was found in five homosexual men. It was then called GRID or Gay-Related Immune Deficiency because people thought it only affected homosexual people. This theory was soon blown to pieces when cases were reported from all over. Today, AIDS has reached epidemic proportions. It has plagued most countries around the world and is considered a highly dangerous disease.To gain a better understanding of HIV, we must first explore how it is transmitted.a. HIV is a sexually transmitted disease. What does this mean? The mucous membrane lines different parts of the body such as the lips, genital areas, nost...

Drug Available in UK Extends Life of HIV Patients
2008-02-08 17:47:00
After more than 10 years of researching better treatments for HIV patients, a new drug had been found in UK to lengthen the life expectancy of the victims. The recent introduction of Pfizer's drug Celsentri (Maraviroc) is truly helpful for the patients as it guards the entrance of the immune system and blocks the HIV, which in turn delays the process of developing into AIDS.Although the drug is not a cure-all treatment, this is an alternative that patients can look forward to since not all symptoms are remedied by other available HIV drugs in the market. Many AIDS organizations have shown interest in the drug saying this is a good sign of innovation and will aid to reduce the progression of HIV into AIDS.Maraviroc comprised three drugs collectively made into one creating highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) that lengthens the lifespan of HIV patients.But recent findings showed that some patients have resistance to the product making it not advisable for them to take.The dr...
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Information About HIV AIDS
2008-02-04 06:42:00
It is three decades since the discovery of the HIV virus but we are still lacking information about HIV / AIDS. According to UN AIDS estimates, there are now 33.2 million people living with HIV, including 2.5 million children. Although there is no foolproof cure or vaccine for HIV virus, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) will ensure that medicines are available at an affordable cost even in third world countries. The search for the vaccine for AIDS remains the challenge for the world today.Let us delve into some more information about HIV /AIDS. What is causing the spread of the infection? Ignorance. One in three youngsters in the world are still ignorant about how the infection spreads. We have to wake up to the harsh reality of the epidemic and the world's leaders must demonstrate real commitment to keep their promise. We cannot wait another quarter of a century for a vaccine. The need of the hour is the four Ms-motivation, money, medicines and manpower.Let me burs...
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HIV/AIDS - Prevent It!
2008-01-29 07:25:00
AIDS. The very sound of the word scares some, and makes other cringe. How did we let it get so far? There is no cure for very few diseases, and aids is one of them. Yet we still have unprotected sex, and we still share dirty needles. Come on! Granted, HIV/AIDS will never be a thing of the past, but we can do better in making the condition less common.HIV/AIDS kills. In 2004, it was responsible for 3.5 million deaths globally. Thats not even the worst of it. 6.4 million people newly contracted the virus in the same year! Instead of diminishing the deadly condition, we are multiplying it. This needs to stop. It's as if 3.5 million wasn't enough dead in 2004, so we decided to boost the numbers for 2005. What are we thinking?!Mothers can share AIDS with their infants during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding, and there is no way to stop it short of not becoming pregnant. But here is the list of preventable HIV/AIDS transmissions:- Penetrative oral, vaginal, or anal sex (Unprotect...
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Human Rights, HIV/AIDS Highlight Bush's Upcoming Visit To Africa
2008-01-26 17:46:00
Continued democratic reforms, human rights and economic opportunities will take center stage when President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush visit Benin, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana and Liberia on an official tour of Africa . The president last visited the continent in 2003, and will return to review U.S.-assisted economic development projects and programs to control and prevention of malaria and HIV/AIDS. The president will meet with the leaders of the five countries during the one-week tour next month "to discuss how the United States can continue to partner with African countries to support continued democratic reform, respect for human rights, free trade, open investment regimes and economic opportunity across the continent," the White House said Friday. Bush has called on Congress to double funding to $30 billion for the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief which has enabled over one million Africans to get antiretroviral treatment for AIDS.SOURCE : http://www.allheadlinenews.c...
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Media workshop on HIV-AIDS concluded
2008-01-05 17:14:00
The two-day media workshop, organized by the School of Journalism, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (USA) in association with Guwahati Press Club for mid career journalists of Assam has come to a successful end today evening. The workshop was aimed at strengthening media professionalism and the NGO-media interface in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka for HIV/AIDS coverage. It witnessed the participation of journalists and the Non-Governmental Organizations workers. The workshop was led by two American faculty members (James D. Kelly and Jyotika Ramaprasad) with experience in print and television journalism, photojournalism, and social marketing communication campaigns. James Kelly has worked for the Associated Press and for the South Bend (Indiana) Tribune newspaper and is Associate Professor at Indiana University. Similarly Jyotika Ramaprasad has worked on communication campaigns for international agencies including Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Bangkok, Thailand and is As...
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UNICEF World Aids Day Concert 2007
2007-12-15 16:29:00
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BERGEN COUNTY OBSERVES WORLD AIDS DAY
2007-12-15 16:20:00
Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney and the County Department of Health Services observed World AIDS Day on December 3 at local high schools with programs that brought HIV/AIDS awareness to students. ?Bergen County students are recognizing the severity of this pandemic and using this knowledge to make healthy life choices,? said McNerney. ?Our youth should be commended for using World AIDS Day as an opportunity to honor those who have become infected or lost their lives due to HIV/AIDS.Students received valuable information on prevention through educational displays and an improvisational presentation performed by Reflections, a county-sponsored community outreach program for teenagers that presents improvised scenes based on issues that confront young people. World AIDS Day was established in 1988 by the World Health Organization in order to increase awareness, fight prejudice, and improve education regarding HIV/AIDS. The theme for World AIDS Day in 2007 and 2008 is ?leadershi...
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AIDS treatment: Simplified,still a stigma
2007-12-09 17:46:00
IT used to be that a person diagnosed with HIV/AIDS had received an automatic death sentence. It used to be that some doctors and nurses faced with a HIV/AIDS patient would run away in horror. It used to be that HIV/AIDS patients had to juggle a daily prescription regimen of 15-20 pills in an effort to stay alive. It used to be ? and still is ? that a social stigma was attached to the affliction most often associated with being gay and injection drug use. December is AIDS Awareness Month, and Quad-City area health officials say the situation has improved in the past 10 years. Rather than a death sentence, AIDS is now considered a chronic, life-threatening disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. Patients living with HIV often do not have full-blown AIDS, and those who do are now living longer, more normal lives, officials say. At present, there are about 300 patients being treated for HIV/AIDS in the Quad-Cities, many of them with a simple drug routine. ?We?...
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AIDS: Ignorance is not bliss
2007-12-09 17:44:00
On World AIDS Day today, it is important to cite two shocking truths. First, one in three people in the world`s major industrialised countries "know little or nothing" about the deadly HIV/AIDS pandemic and second 25%believe that the problem has been "greatly exaggerated" by the media, a poll said. The survey conducted by global polling firm IPSOS, however, found that 44% respondents, including 50%in the US, are prepared to pay more taxes to combat the disease. The disease is estimated to have killed 28 million people in the last 26 years. The Global AIDS Attitudes survey, published by the non-governmental organization World Vision, reveals the awareness and attitudes of population in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US, all members of the "Group of Eight" industrialized nations, towards those affected by HIV and AIDS globally. Speaking at the launch of the survey on Thursday, the director of the joint UN programme on HIV/AIDS (UNA...
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Ghana: Don't Joke With HIV/Aids!
2007-10-01 19:19:00
The Reverend Isaac K. Gyedu, President of Mankessim-based Universal Christian Mission Association (UCMA), has condemned Ghana ians, especially the youth, who still believe that HIV/AIDS is not real and so they are going ahead with their indiscriminate sexual activities with impunity. He has cautioned the people to listen to reason and quickly desist from such "destructive attitudes".Closing a special peer educators' workshop on HIV/AIDS at Abura-Afrangua in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District, Rev. Gyedu told the participants that the nation is spending huge sums of money on the pandemic annually, which otherwise could have been used to construct more school buildings, provide electricity, potable water and clinics to improve lives of the rural people. Rev. Gyedu said the infection was spreading fast in some communities due to Ghanaians' attitude towards several useful anti-HIV/AIDS educational programmes initiated by the government and numerous nongovernmental organisa...
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Mandela announces SA HIV/Aids gig
2007-10-01 19:14:00
Nelson Mandela lost his son to Aids in 2005Former South African president Nelson Mandela has announced an international concert to be held for World Aids Day in Johannesburg on 1 December. The aim is to raise awareness about HIV/Aids in a country with one of the world's highest HIV prevalence rates More than five million people are HIV positive in South Africa. Fifty thousand people are expected at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. More than 30 local and international artists will be performing. For the past four years, Nelson Mandela has allowed his old prison number 46664 to be used as a banner in the fight against HIV/Aids. Several 46664 concerts have been held around the world and Mr Mandela said 46664 would continue to organise major events to highlight the problem. "I am very delighted that we are engaging the youth in schools, communities and through the media, breaking the silence and stigmas around HIV and Aids, and making them realise that the power t...
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BASIC INFORMATION ON HIV AND AIDS
2007-09-14 18:18:00
AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is a condition in which the body's immune system breaks down and is unable to fight off infection. AIDS is caused by a virus called HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus.BASIC INFORMATION ON HIV AND AIDS AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is a condition in which the body's immune system breaks down and is unable to fight off infection. AIDS is caused by a virus called HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. When a person is infected with HIV, the virus enters the body and lives and multiplies primarily in the white blood cells--cells that normally protect us from disease. The HIV virus weakens the immune system leaving the body vulnerable to infections and other illnesses, ranging from pneumonia to cancer. The virus is spread when HIV-infected fluids of one person pass into the body of another person. Infection can occur through unprotected sex (anal, vaginal, or oral); through use of contaminated needles, syringes and other piercing...
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Trade unions come together in battle against HIV/AIDS
2007-09-06 18:02:00
The five largest trade unions in the country have come together to rouse workers, not against the violation of labour laws but against a common and deadly enemy ? the HIV virus.For the first time, the unions cutting across party lines have signed a joint statement with promises that they would do their bit to spread awareness about the virus and making workplaces safer. The membership of the five unions runs into several lakhs covering nearly all work sectors.The statement, released in the form of a booklet, approves the guidelines given in the ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS, in which the unions said that they recognised HIV/AIDS as a workplace issue.There is an estimated 2.5 to 3.1 million people in India who are living with HIV/AIDS and nearly 90 per cent of the reported HIV infections in India are in the 15-49 years age group."HIV/AIDS is a workplace issue, not only because it affects the workforce, but also because the workplace can play a vital role in limiting the spread and...
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