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CASE STUDY #2: Preventing HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Thailand Miami Dade College Abstract Our second team project answers five questions about Case Study #2, Preventing HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Thailand and Chapter 10, Introduction to Global Health. This project will talk about the characteristics of the high-risk population that permitted this intervention to work and the implications of this for replication in other settings. It will

Pathogenic Agent Identified Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) Virus after the infection of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the immune system is damaged so the body become targets of many opportunistic diseases, which called syndrome, rather than just a type of disease. [1] History of Pathogenic Agent The clinical of AIDS was first observed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1981. [2] The region most recent outbreak

immunodeficiency virus infection - acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in Africa and it became one of the earliest success stories (USAID 2004). However, the HIV-AIDS prevalence rates have been rising again drastically since 2011. Uganda now seeks for “Preventive Measures” lessons from other countries that had used it before as “a learning and reference point” (Monitor Uganda, May 8, 2013). Therefore, the question of interest in this paper is why are the rates of HIV-AIDS suddenly increasing

It has been found that HIV infection and immune activation resemble the immunology process on the elderly. The relation between HIV infection and inflammation is similar to the relation between age and inflammation.30 Pawlec et al defines immunosenescence as the decrease in immune function due to age-related changes involving various cells: decrease in function, alteration in natural and adaptive immune system, or the imbalance between both factors. (89) Decrease in immune system function contributes

four possible reasons that people who use drugs increase their risk of HIV infections and unwanted pregnancy are: 1. People who use drugs may be prone to have sex with a person who may have HIV or AIDS. A person who is under the influence of drugs or alcohol has poor judgment and does not think clearly. One night stand may lead to an HIV infection and unwanted pregnancy. 2. Females who use drugs may be raped, get infected by HIV-AIDS or get pregnant. Females who use drugs may not think of the consequences

The origins of HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus) and the disease it causes AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). The virus might have sprung up as early as the 1940’s, yet it was not recognized as a new pathogen until the early 1980s. Physicians who study patterns of illness began to take not when immune-deficiency conditions such as oral candida thrush, herpes, Pneumocystis Jiroveci pneumonia, and Kaposi’s sarcoma, a rare type of cancer, began to show up in the United States, primarily among

and the characteristic damage it does to the body, which is also known as HIV. Viruses are notorious for the mode in which they reproduce; a virus enters the body, seizes the body’s cells, and uses it as a host. This is the only way for viruses to replicate. HIV takes over the body’s T cells, also known as CD4 cells, which are important to defend the body from various antigens. Normally, T cells would respond to infection and diseases by neutralizing, creating antibodies to fight off the antigen

Overview of HIV Disease in India India has the third largest population of people living with HIV, behind Nigeria (second largest) and South Africa (largest population) (“India has 3rd Highest Number of HIV Infections,” 2014). There are approximately 2,100,000 [1,700,000 - 2,700,000] people living with HIV in India and there is a prevalence rate of 0.3% [0.2% - 0.3%] for adults aged 15 to 49 (“HIV and AIDS Estimates in 2013,” 2013). There is a high risk for HIV infection in India due to the high

positive; the simplest statement suddenly carries a huge weight when the words HIV or AIDS are followed right after. In the 1980’s HIV meant AIDS and AIDS meant a rapid and awful death. Death always seemed to be the end result in a world where we did not understand the disease that seemed to come from nowhere but was killing at an expedited rate. Thirty plus years later there is still no cure but there is now hope. Having HIV or AIDS is no longer an immediate death sentence. People infected with the

HIV/AIDS: The Virus and Its Effect on Human HIV stands for (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). This virus causes AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome), and it means the person is in the most advanced stages of HIV infection. AIDS HIV/AIDS deteriorates a person 's ability to fight infections. It can be transmitted through direct contact of a mucous member or the bloodstream with a bodily fluid containing HIV, such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid, preseminal fluid and breast milk and through unprotected