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Human Rights and HIV/ AIDS

Human Rights and HIV/ AIDS. CGW 4U. HIV/ AIDS. HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Type: Infectious Disease Occurrence: Occurs most often in Far Periphery Countries Pandemic: 25 million deaths total 33 million infected and >2 million died in 2007.

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Human Rights and HIV/ AIDS

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  1. HumanRights and HIV/AIDS CGW 4U

  2. HIV/AIDS • HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus • AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome • Type: Infectious Disease • Occurrence: Occurs most often in Far Periphery Countries • Pandemic: 25 million deaths total • 33 million infected and >2 million died in 2007

  3. HIV/AIDSHistory • Relatively new disease • First reported death in 1959 • Epidemic began in 1981 • Initially linked to homosexual men and intravenous drug users • Social stigmatism: due to transmission type

  4. HIV/AIDS Beliefs • I can get HIV from a toilet seat/shared dishes/utensils • I can get HIV from the air • I can get HIV from saliva, sweat or urine • I can become inflected through the mouth or throat • Only gay men, IV drug users and people from 3rd world countries have HIV • All children born from HIV positive women will have HIV • I would know if I have HIV

  5. HIV/AIDS Reality

  6. HIV/AIDS Canada • Infection Rate: • Living with HIV: • Rise from an estimated 57,000 in 2005 to approximately 65,000 by the end of 2009 (14% increase). • New infections: • Estimated range between 2,300 and 4,300 (2009) • WhoisInfected: • Queer Men (44%) • Heterosexuals (25%) • Intervenous Drug Users (21%)

  7. HIV/AIDS Ontario • Highest number of HIV positive reports in Canada • Approximately 1000 per year • An estimated 67% of people living with HIV and AIDS in Ontario know their HIV status. • Highestgrowing populations: • Heterosexuals • Womenwho do not migratefrom areas withhigh HIV rates

  8. HIV/AIDS Stigmatization • Lack of societal support • Rejection • May lose job, friends, family, homes • Hard to tell others • Forced to secrecy

  9. Human Rights • What things are all humans entitled to, regardless of ethnicity, nationality, sex, and related factors? • Security • Liberty • Political • Due process • Equality • Welfare • Group

  10. Human Rights • Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) • Agencies • United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) • Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) • Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) Eleanor Roosevelt

  11. HIV/AIDS Discrimination • Canada • Ontario Human Right Code • Canadian Human Rights Act • 60 countries which restrict mobility of individuals with HIV • US: 2010 lifted ban • Link between gay men and blood/organ donations

  12. Identity Activity

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