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Global Health Presentation AIDS/HIV

Global Health Presentation AIDS/HIV. Allie Lyman Christine Kirt. Overview. AIDS/HIV Time line AIDS/HIV Incidence and Prevalence today Risk Groups Social Stigma Discrimination Solutions Is more aid the solution? Conclusion. HIV/AIDS. Human Immunodeficiency Virus

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Global Health Presentation AIDS/HIV

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  1. Global Health PresentationAIDS/HIV Allie Lyman Christine Kirt

  2. Overview • AIDS/HIV Time line • AIDS/HIV Incidence and Prevalence today • Risk Groups • Social Stigma • Discrimination • Solutions • Is more aid the solution? • Conclusion

  3. HIV/AIDS • Human Immunodeficiency Virus • Destroys CD4+ Cells • Acquired Immune deficiency Syndrome • Late state of infection

  4. History • 1959 • First diagnosed case of AIDS • 1978 • Heterosexual and Homosexual men • 1991 • 10 Million are diagnosed with AIDS • 1 Million in America

  5. Why is it a problem? • 2007 • 35,962 cases of AIDS were diagnosed • 14,110 deaths were reported in the United States • 2008 • 2 million deaths worldwide

  6. AIDS diagnoses in 2008 by race/ethnicity Estimated adult and adolescent HIV diagnoses in 2008 by transmission route and gender

  7. Social Stigma • Uncontrollable Factors • Racism, homophobia, and misogyny • Controllable Factors • Prostitution and drug use • One third of countries don’t legally protect against AIDS discrimination • Low uptake of mother-to-child transmission

  8. Public Health Influence • AIDS was represented as… • Punishment, crime, war, horror and otherness • Grimm Reaper • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U219eUIZ7Qo&feature=player_embedded

  9. Discrimination • Government • Health Care • Employment • Restrictions on travel and stay • Community • Family

  10. Government Health Care Lack of protective equipment Lack of confidentiality 34% respondents from India, Thailand, Philippines, and Indonesia • One third of countries don’t protect people with HIV/AIDS • Uganda military • China mandatory testing • UK prosecution

  11. Employment Restrictions on Travel and Stay 60 countries/territories/ areas specifically deny entry More countries don’t specify, but still deny Deportation Where do they end up? Breach of confidentiality Stamps on passports • Termination • Refusal of employment

  12. Community Family Fear of loss of family and friends Lack of unconditional love Discrimination against the whole family • Forced to leave home, school, job, shopping facilities • Daily habits, events and activities change • 79% of people in global report discrimination

  13. Solutions Short Term Long Term Universal access to AIDS treatments Botswana three year progress Eliminate discriminating policies and laws • Generic versions of antiretroviral • Kenya, South Africa, Botswana • 2003 WHO targets low and middle-income countries • 2003 – 40,000 people • 2005 – 1.3 million people • Education • Public • Medical

  14. Sooo….Is Aid The Solution?

  15. Conclusion • AIDS: a growing global problem • Reasons for continued spread • Stigmas • Discrimination • Solutions • Aid is working • Large strides still need to be made

  16. Questions?

  17. Sources • "AIDS & HIV information from the AIDS charity AVERT." AVERTing HIV and AIDS. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Nov. 2010. <http://www.avert.org/>. • "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Nov. 2010. <http://www.cdc.gov/>. • "World Health Organization." World Health Organization. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Nov. 2010. <www.who.int/en/>.

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