International Hiv / Aids Alliance

Education of HIV/AIDS is very important to help prevent from becoming infected with this deadly disease. There are many factors that are being looked at that may be associated with the affect of the transmission of HIV such as, gender relationships, social exclusion and poverty, etc. These issues happen every day and health care providers must help those infected with HIV/AIDS to start treatment right away (Mayo Group, 2010). A national health policy must formulate different guidelines what will enable the policy to help the government govern the public. This stage is really important to help bring health care policies together.

6. HIV- Prevention in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and related illness including death is a goal of Healthy People 2020. With the continual spread of HIV, it is important to continue educating the public on the preventions, and do away with the stigma, especially in those who are affected by HIV.

There is some good news in the fight against HIV. Between 2005 and 2014 new diagnosis of HIV have fallen by 19% nationwide (CDC, 2017). Those living with HIV are now living longer, healthier lives and have the opportunity to

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS is a pandemic problem affecting global health. At the end of 2015, 36.7 million people were living with HIV/AIDS globally. The rate of incidence is more prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa with almost 1 in every 24 adults living with HIV/AIDS. In the united states, HIV/AIDS is a diversified health problem affecting all sexes, ages and races and involving the transmission of multiple risk behavior. However, with the introduction of various prevention programs and antiretroviral drugs, the incidence of HIV/AIDS has reduced.

An important point, the continuing public health threat of HIV/AIDS is multi-dimensional; thus, not resolvable by an individual organization. Hence, the reason collaborative bonds are crucial. Ending HIV/AIDS requires the efforts of the federal, state and local governments, state health departments, community organizations, primary care providers, linkage to testing, treatment, and

Bradley, et al. (2014) examined the continuum of services among persons living with HIV in the United States during 2011. Data was gathered and examined from the National HIV Surveillance System (NHSS) from the United States regarding improving the care and treatment of individuals diagnosed with HIV from 2011-2013. This data was significant because the finding could ultimately assist the government with reducing new infection and related illnesses and improving the rate of viral load suppression with the assistance of antiretroviral therapy (ART). According to the authors in 2011 in the United States an estimated 1.2 million individuals were living with HIV (Bradley, et al., 2014, p. 1113). Furthermore, the authors also stated

About the national response to the HIV epidemic in Detroit, the National HIV/AIDS strategy details the principles and priorities to guide the collective national work to address HIV in the U.S. by the year 2020 (Opalewski, 2016). The United States government leads

Thesis: HIV/AIDS has proven itself to be one of the most significant health issues present in the world today, the most successful manner of addressing HIV/AIDS is The Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

In the past four decades, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been discovered, developed into an international epidemic, and

Have these Issues Been Adequately Addressed in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS), and the Implementation Plan?

Since the prevalence of HIV/AIDS is increasing, finding new treatments to prevent HIV is an urgent issue for the world. Over half of people with HIV/AIDS are living in sub-Saharan Africa, so majority of research regarding HIV prevention need to take place in this area. Due to the sense of urgency to find a new preventive treatment for HIV/AIDS and limited resources available to researchers, community engagement activities have received inadequately low attention.

The module will be broken down into three sections: Raising Awareness on Susceptibility, Factual and Age-Appropriate Information, and Risk Reduction Strategies. Each section will be at least forty-five minutes to ensure receptivity of the information and to encourage questions. A personal risk assessment tool will be given before the start of the awareness seminar, which is designed to provide a visual representation for each individual’s risk. The elements on the tool will range from sexual habits, number of partners, illicit drug use, and awareness of their current risk-status. The first training session will hit close to home covering the four topics as follows: examining the myths and stigmas associated with lifestyle practices and aging, messages that challenge the misconception of little or no HIV risk, physiological changes and the increased risk of HIV and other diseases, and the vulnerabilities caused by age-related losses and the chances of engaging in high-risk behavior. This session will also highlight older adults with the disease who serve as advocates and a voice to their cohort; their role is to highlight the realities of the

HIV/AIDS is a disease that has more than 34 million people infected worldwide. This disease has 5,700 new infections every day, resulting in 240 more every single hour. This disease has caused 21.8 million deaths before the year 2000 and caused 1.8 million in 2012 alone. The same disease has one in three people in sub-Saharan Africa infected, and has no cure. These aforementioned facts, plus countless others presented are staggering and are compiled by leading organisations like the World Health Organisation (WHO), New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) and AIDS Research Alliance (ARA). Despite this, AIDS does not seem to be taken seriously, but it needs to be, as without the proper knowledge anyone can contract the disease. This article is part of a global aim to educate people and hopefully prevent the spread of this disease, through explaining what HIV/AIDS is, how it can be contracted and most importantly how it can be prevented.

As a global epidemic, HIV has created several challenges for doctors and health care facilities since it represents an overwhelming public health crisis. While there are various factors that contribute to its spread, initiatives to combat the virus are usually influenced by the availability of human and financial resources. In the past few years, several measures have been undertaken to help curb the spread of the virus and its effects on patients. These initiatives are primarily divided into two categories i.e. provision of care to patients and treatment of the virus. One of the major ways in which HIV patients are provided with care is through policy and programming that is centered on HIV and AIDS-related care (Ogden, Esim & Grown, 2006, p.333). Generally, caring for a patient with HIV needs significant time and resources, which has contributed to the shift of clinical care to the home and community.

It is to this purpose that the National AIDS Council (NAC) was created in order (1) to Coordinate and support the development of policies, plans and strategies for HIV/AIDS prevention; (2) monitor and evaluate the AIDS response; (3) provide recommendation to the MoH and the country in general on suitable and evidence-based prevention, treatment and coordination strategies; and (4) facilitate the reduction of the impacts of the epidemic (nac.org.zm, 2016)..