HIV is a sexually transmitted disease that can lead to AIDS if left untreated. It is transmitted through bodily fluids and destroys the immune system over time. In 2007, there were over 33 million people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide, with Africa being the most affected region and having over 11 million AIDS orphans. Early symptoms of HIV may include flu-like symptoms, while later symptoms as the virus progresses include weight loss, fever, and respiratory issues. Treatment involves daily antiretroviral drugs to suppress the virus and allow the immune system to recover.
"The global HIV/AIDS epidemic is an unprecedented crisis that requires an unprecedented response. In particular it requires solidarity -- between the healthy and the sick, between rich and poor, and above all, between richer and poorer nations. We have 30 million orphans already. How many more do we have to get, to wake up?"
-- Kofi Annan
"The global HIV/AIDS epidemic is an unprecedented crisis that requires an unprecedented response. In particular it requires solidarity -- between the healthy and the sick, between rich and poor, and above all, between richer and poorer nations. We have 30 million orphans already. How many more do we have to get, to wake up?"
-- Kofi Annan
If anybody suspects for HIV infection, he or she should contact a health expert working on HIV and looking ahead with confidential counseling and testing. It is important for the pregnant ladies to go for a HIV test before delivery.
The future belongs to young people ...
and it is us who will be affected most by the decisions we take today on Aids/HIV epidemic, climate change, food, energy, environmental degradation, economic stability and the continuing challenge of world poverty.
Such decisions will influence the shape and quality of our future lives and could even dictate how long we will live. So it is very important that us, as individuals and as a group, take a keen interest in these issues now – and make absolutely sure our views are heard.
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I heard about this contest from an email from Slideshare.
This presentation will cover the basics of HIV and AIDS. By the end of this presentation, we hope that everyone will understand what HIV and AIDS mean, how the virus is transmitted, and Saskatchewan HIV statistics.
-what is HIV ?
-Etiology & Structure
-Difference between
-HIV1 & HIV2
-Transmission
-Risk Factors
-symptoms of HIV in children
-parthenogenesis of HIV
-stages of HIV with symptoms
-testing of HIV
-Diagnosis
-Epidemiology
-Treatment
-control and prevention
If anybody suspects for HIV infection, he or she should contact a health expert working on HIV and looking ahead with confidential counseling and testing. It is important for the pregnant ladies to go for a HIV test before delivery.
The future belongs to young people ...
and it is us who will be affected most by the decisions we take today on Aids/HIV epidemic, climate change, food, energy, environmental degradation, economic stability and the continuing challenge of world poverty.
Such decisions will influence the shape and quality of our future lives and could even dictate how long we will live. So it is very important that us, as individuals and as a group, take a keen interest in these issues now – and make absolutely sure our views are heard.
_____________________________
I heard about this contest from an email from Slideshare.
This presentation will cover the basics of HIV and AIDS. By the end of this presentation, we hope that everyone will understand what HIV and AIDS mean, how the virus is transmitted, and Saskatchewan HIV statistics.
-what is HIV ?
-Etiology & Structure
-Difference between
-HIV1 & HIV2
-Transmission
-Risk Factors
-symptoms of HIV in children
-parthenogenesis of HIV
-stages of HIV with symptoms
-testing of HIV
-Diagnosis
-Epidemiology
-Treatment
-control and prevention
AIDS was first reported in the United States in 1981 and has since become a major worldwide epidemic. AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. By killing or damaging cells of the body's immune system, HIV progressively destroys the body's ability to fight infections and certain cancers. People diagnosed with AIDS may get life-threatening diseases called opportunistic infections. These infections are caused by microbes such as viruses or bacteria that usually do not make healthy people sick.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS),a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive.
A presentation on HIV&AIDS awareness. It useful for the Life-Orientation Educators and even anyone beacuse it has a very crucial information that can help anyone.
3. General Info Aids and HIV are STD’s (Sexually Transmitted Disease’s) HIV is transmitted through direct contact of mucose membrane or the bloodstream with a bodily fluid containing HIV, such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid, preseminal fluid, and breast milk. Aids will eventually destroy your immune system and or may leave deadly tumors. One in ten infections in the world were acquired through sharing drug injecting equipment with someone with Aids. About 16,800 men and women were infected with HIV through transfusions of blood which contained the virus.
4. Statistics People living with HIV/AIDS in 2007 33.0 million Adults living with HIV/AIDS in 2007 30.8 million Women living with HIV/AIDS in 2007 15.5 million Children living with HIV/AIDS in 2007 2.0 million HIV/AIDS are mostly centered in Africa Africa has 11.6 million AIDS orphans.
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7. Symptoms When first infected with HIV, you may have no signs or symptoms at all, although it's more common to develop a short flu-like illness two to four weeks after becoming infected. Headache, Sore throat, Swollen lymph glands, and Rash are symptoms. You may remain symptom-free for eight or nine years or more. But as the virus continues to multiply and destroy immune cells, you may develop mild infections or chronic symptoms Swollen lymph nodes — often one of the first signs of HIV infection, Diarrhea, Weight loss, Fever, and Cough and shortness of breath are later symptoms
8. Treatments The treatment consists of drugs that have to be taken every day for the rest of a person’s life. The aim of antiretroviral treatment is to keep the amount of HIV in the body at a low level. This stops any weakening of the immune system and allows it to recover from any damage. They are referred to as: antiretrovirals, anti-HIV or anti-AIDS drugs, HIV antiviral drugs, and ARV’s
9. Discovery The earliest known case of HIV in a human was from a blood sample collected in 1959 from a man in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. We know that the virus has existed in the United States since at least the mid- to late 1970s.
10. Point of Interest What interests me the most is that HIV can be transmitted in various ways. Its amazing how careful we have to be when we have sexual intercourse, or any kids of interaction with any human.
