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Educating the Church About HIV/AIDS

Educating the Church About HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS A Challenge To The Church… How Should The Church Respond?. What would Jesus Do? .

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Educating the Church About HIV/AIDS

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  1. Educating the Church About HIV/AIDS

  2. HIV/AIDS A Challenge To The Church… How Should The Church Respond?

  3. What would Jesus Do? “And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.” Matthew 4:23

  4. “Sickness, suffering, and death are work of an antagonistic power. Satan is the destroyer; God is the restorer.”Ministry of Healing, page 113 ‘The thief cometh not but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly” John 10:10

  5. A Ministry of Compassion • “And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?” John 5: 5&6 • “But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad as sheep having no shepherd.” Matthew 9:36

  6. HIV and AIDS • HIV (the human immunodeficiency virus) causes infection and eventually AIDS (the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) • The HIV infection gradually destroys the immune system, which makes it harder to ward off infections and some cancers

  7. How Is HIV Spread? • Sexual Activity • Sharing needles used in injecting drugs • Transfusion of infected blood or blood products (low risk in US) • Mothers can transmit to babies before birth, during birth and with breast feeding

  8. How Is HIV NOT Spread? • Shaking hands • Everyday contact at school, work or in social settings • Insects • Touching a doorknob • From pets • From food • Note: the virus does not live long outside the body

  9. Symptoms of HIV Infection • Diarrhea, Fatigue, Fever • Frequent vaginal yeast infections • Headache • Mouth sores • Muscular stiffness or aching • Sore throat • Swollen lymph glands • NO SYMPTOMS • People with HIV may have no symptoms for up to 10 years

  10. HIV and Sexually Transmitted Diseases(STD's) • There is a connection between HIV and other STD's • If a person has another STD (such as syphilis, gonorrhea, or herpes), that person is three to five times more likely to pass HIV to someone else • It is important to be tested for other STD's when being tested for HIV

  11. Symptoms of AIDS • Cancer such as lymphoma, Kaposi's sarcoma • Chronic wasting with weight loss • HIV dementia with mental changes such as memory loss, personality changes • Pneumonia such as that due to Pneumocystis carinii • Tuberculosis • Numerous other types of infections • These symptoms are more severe than those due to early HIV infection

  12. The Global Impact of AIDS/HIV • Over 33 million people now live with HIV or AIDS • Every day over 6800 people become infected with HIV • 5700 people die from AIDS every day • One child dies every minute • 15 million children have been orphaned by AIDS • More than 25 million people have died of AIDS since 1981.

  13. The Impact of AIDS/HIV on America • About 1 million people are living with HIV/AIDS in America • Since the start of the epidemic more than 524,000 people have died • 40,000 people are infected each year • Washington DC has the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in America with 1 in 20 people living with HIV/AIDS

  14. The Impact of HIV/AIDS on the African American Community • AIDS is the leading cause of death for African American women ages 25-34 • AIDS is the second leading cause of death for men ages 35 to 44 • Almost half of men with HIV/AIDS are men who have sex with men • African Americans while being 13% of the population have accounted for 49% of new cases of HIV/AIDS

  15. Preventing HIV Infection • Abstaining from any sexual contact • Having a mutually faithful monogamous relationship with an HIV free partner • Consistent use of condoms which may reduce risk of infection by 80%, but by no means giving complete protection • Avoid injection of drugs and shared needles • Circumcision in males-this may reduce risk by 60% • Frequent testing for HIV infection for potential exposure so treatment can be given as needed and avoid spreading HIV • Continual education of all young people on the dangers of unsafe sex practices • Remember: One fourth of HIV infected persons or more are unaware they have it

  16. Getting Tested • By looking in the phone book you can find places to get tested with state and city health departments • Testing is free, anonymous and confidential • Some have advised routine screening for all adolescents and adults-in the future universal screening may be advised

  17. The Good News About HIV/AIDS: Knowledge is Power!

  18. How The Church Can Help… • Educate • Show Compassion • Show that God is love and so is the church!

  19. A Ministry of the Park Hill Seventh-Day Adventist Church Health Ministry Department 3385 Albion Street Denver, Colorado 80207 Phone: 303-333-5089 E-mail: parkhill@denverparkhillsda.org

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