Category: HIV
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Situation With Human Immunodeficiency Virus In Manipur
Introduction Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a life-threatening, secondary immunodeficiency disease and remains an immune threat to all over the world. HIV/AIDS has emerged as a serious public health emergency in Manipur, Northeast, India. The first HIV positive case in Manipur was reported in 1989 from the blood sample of an…
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Treatment And Therapy
Introduction The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is estimated to affect 37.9 million people worldwide, of which 1.7 million are children (World Health Organization, 2018). The virus attacks T lymphocytes, cells used by the immune system to protect the body of foreign invaders. HIV uses these cells as a replication machine, leading to a depletion in…
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Preventing The Spread Of HIV In The Philippines
Introduction Sexually transmitted illnesses (STDs) are infections that spread person to person through intimate contact, STDs have an effect on everyone even babies, teenagers, healthy people, prosperous or the poor. According to WebMD (2019), it produces bacteria, parasites and viruses that have an effect on everyone, it causes many health problems but it can be…
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HIV: a Global Challenge, Policies and Interventions for HIV Prevention
The following essay will define global health, identity, and examine the global health challenge of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquire Immunodeficiency Syndrome in South African (S/A) and the impact globally. Furthermore, it will analyse relevant health data of total death and the Disability-Adjusted life years (DALYs) due to HIV and AIDS globally, S/A and…
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How is the Lack of HIV Work Done In Russia Affecting its Citizens?
Introduction The Russian HIV crisis is getting worse, found to have the greatest number of people living with HIV (PLWH) in Europe and the fastest increasing number of new cases by 10-15% each year (UNAIDS, 2016), Russias epidemic is not improving. The consequence of this is HIV/AIDS now rising to the top ten causes of…
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Facts over Fiction: HIV as a Social Implication in the Modern-day
When the social status nor the circumstances are no longer coherent, a global pandemic ascends as people continue to scramble off in ignorance. The Human Immunodeficiency Virus or infamously known as HIV is a major social implication that everyone must aware of. As noted by the World Health Organization (2017), HIV is a virus known…
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HIV Infection in Papua New Guinea
Introduction Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a country faced with an array of diseases with malaria being one of its mascot epidemic as the tropical Climate facilitates external breeding environment for malarial parasites. However, HIV has gained rapid popularity since the first recorded case of an infected patient diagnosed in 1987 (The Virus Spreads, 2014).…
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Should Pregnant Women Go through Mandatory HIV Testing?
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency) is a virus that damage cells and our immune system. It also weakens the body ability to be able to fight infections and diseases. HIV can be primarily transmitted through the means of sexual intercourse. HIV is a virus that develops to AIDS if not treated as early as possible, the virus…
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Introduction HIV represents human immunodeficiency infection. The infection can prompt AIDS if not treated. Dissimilar to some different infections, the human body can’t dispose of HIV totally, even with treatment. So once you get HIV, you have it forever (CDC, 2019). HIV assaults the body’s invulnerable framework, explicitly the CD4 cells (T cells), which help…
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HIV Awareness in the Philippines
The Philippines belong to most countries who experiencing the continually epidemic HIV, human immune deficiency virus that can destroy your immunity particularly the white blood cells that helping your body to keep away from foreign substances and killed them. AIDS or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is different from HIV, it is a syndrome that can be…