Category: AIDS

  • The Importance of World AIDS Day

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    World AIDS Day is an annual global health day aimed at supporting people diagnosed with AIDS and sharing resources on preventing it. Millions of people worldwide live with this syndrome, and it is vital to develop strategies to allow them to have fulfilled lives despite their health condition. This essay will discuss the importance of…

  • HIV Transmission and Syringe Trade-In System

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    Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Reference Introduction An ongoing harmful issue distressing those choosing to administer drugs is the perspective of proliferating blood pathogens including HIV, AIDS, and liver-related Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C, all of which are exceptionally life-threatening. These illnesses, classified as viruses, are transferred via the reusing of needles and…

  • Globalization, the Sex Trade and HIV-AIDS

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    Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion References Introduction Nineteen-year-old So-Young stands at less than five feet tall after being chronically malnourished in North Korea. A refugee, she crossed illegally into China with hopes of a better life, but found instead a nightmare of sexual exploitation. An employer offered her approximately $1.40 per day in…

  • Rhetoric. Should the State Know Your HIV Status? by Alfieri

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    Table of Contents Introduction / Thesis Logos Ethos Pathos Conclusion Bibliography Introduction / Thesis In her article Should the State Know Your HIV Status?, Rosemarie Gionta Alfieri sets a case against the proposals to make the practice of HIV testing mandatory. While doing it, she mainly utilizes the rhetorical devices of appeal to Pathos and…

  • Current Ethical Dilemma: HIV and AIDS in Africa

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    The New Hock Times news paper published on May 14, 2010; was about the rising percentages of people suffering from Aids in South Africa. In this case, South Africa is a nation devastated by HIV Aids which is a decease associated with social disgrace and shame. From the newspaper it can be seen that, the…

  • HIV Criminalization: From a Bill to a Law

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    Table of Contents Situation Background Assessment Recommendation References Situation The issue of HIV criminalization has been affecting the lives of numerous residents of the U.S. Because of the current standards reinforced in the U.S., particularly, the necessity to disclose ones HIV status, a patient may suffer significant emotional distress and be ostracized even when undergoing…

  • PEPFARs Impact on Africas Fight Against AIDS

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    Table of Contents Overview of U.S. AID HIV/AIDS Exacerbating the Problems Responses to the Epidemic Presidents Emergency Plan for Aids Relief Problems Encountered Solutions Conclusion Works Cited Before the modern age there was no such thing as geopolitical nations. A casual survey of ancient and medieval history will reveal that groups of people congregate and…

  • PEPFARs Impact on Africas Fight Against AIDS

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    Table of Contents Overview of U.S. AID HIV/AIDS Exacerbating the Problems Responses to the Epidemic Presidents Emergency Plan for Aids Relief Problems Encountered Solutions Conclusion Works Cited Before the modern age there was no such thing as geopolitical nations. A casual survey of ancient and medieval history will reveal that groups of people congregate and…

  • Immunology: HIV and AIDS in the African-American Community

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    Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion References Introduction HIV/AIDS is a major epidemic affecting a large fraction of the US population. A great percentage of this [population is blacks. These people are African American. Statistics have been carried out, and there are factors about the spread of this epidemic. It has been found out that…

  • Medicine: HIV Case Management

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    Introduction The present paper presents a HIV case management framework for a 36-year old woman who has been diagnosed with asymptomatic HIV infection. Although most of the patients laboratory results (e.g., electrolytes, serum creatinine, and liver function tests) are within normal limits and no resistance mutations have been detected in the genotype test, she has…