What are the societal effects of HIV/AIDS?
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The devestation of loss of life. Loss of family and friends. A loss of some very talented people in many walks of life. Loss of parents which has resulted in orphaned children particularly in Africa.
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This should help you answer your questions...\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV
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HIV has had many detrimental effects on the Afro-Am community. For one thing, it's lowering the life expectancy for black Americans from an age that's already lower than other races.\n\nWith a relatively large portion of the community sick and stricken, that means fewer members of the black community can join the workforce. With no work, there's no money, no insurance, no way to get life-saving treatments.\n\nUnfortunately, some social conditions that affect the Afro-Am community are exacerbating the prevalence and disease burden of HIV. Drugs are a contributing risk -- drug use is strongly ited to HIV incidence. A large percentage of black men spend time in jails and prisons. During their incarceration, some get assaulted and contract HIV. Then they come home and pass it to their girlfriends or wives. \n\nAs for the girlfriends and wives, early sexual debut (and the lack of proper contraceptive use and health care) contributes to the spread of HIV among women. Women pick up HIV more quickly than men (usually), and many contract it unknowingly, carrying it for years unless they get tested regularly.\n\nAs it is, the African American community suffers from considerable marginalization due to poverty, lack of education and racism. The added burden of HIV on the community marginalizes black people even more. The mutual interactions between HIV and social problems work cyclically. If there's more poverty and crime, there's going to be more HIV. If there's more HIV, there's going to be more poverty and crime.\n\nSo what needs to happen? Education and community building!!! HIV prevention messages need to be tailored to the black community, then they need to be practiced and propagated by black people in those communities. The health department can only put up so many billboards and pass out so many pamphlets. There needs to be groundlevel work by the people to help us stop HIV.
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There r many, here is a website.\nhttp://www.hivsymptoms.org/aids-symptoms.html
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When the HIV compromised immune system progresses to the stage of AIDs, the bodies natural ability to produce antibodies to fight off infection can become compromised to the point that death can occur even from the common cold.
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Well, I think if you're still here, then somebody's doing something right, but that's really a question you should be asking a doctor, doll.\nUnfortunately, I am not familiar with the specifics of HIV or AIDS.  What I do know is that HIV can lead to AIDS, which stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.\nA deficient immune system is what would keep you from getting better if you did get sick, and would obviously be more likely to result in death.\nSo aside from the HIV-AIDS link there, I don't know what to tell you except ask a doc.
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Already, more than twenty-five million people around the world have died of AIDS-related diseases. In 2005, around 3.1 million men, women and children lost their lives. Nearly twice the number who have died until now - 40.3 million - are now living with HIV, and most of these are likely to die over the next decade or so. The most recent UNAIDS/WHO estimates show that, in 2005 alone, 4.9 million people were newly infected with HIV.
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(m)\n\nImmediate causes\nThe immediate causes of the epidemic are linked to HIV´s modes of transmission. These include unprotected penetrative se; transmission from mother to child before, during or after birth; and transmission through transfusions and the sharing of blood or blood products.\n\nUnderlying causes include societal denial and weak political commitment; poverty and social inequality; gender divisions; population movement as a result of famine, war and other causes; human rights abuse; and lack of dialogue about sex and sexuality. All of these make it likely that infection continues to spread.\n\nYoung people may be especially vulnerable to infection. They may not receive appropriate kinds of sex and personal relationship education. They may lack access to relevant social support including youth friendly counselling and sexual health services. Young women (and some young men) may be at particular risk through involvement in sex work and prostitution. The tendency for older and more sexually experienced men to prefer younger sexual partners also enhances their vulnerability.\n\nImmediate effects\nHIV and AIDS have serious and immediate effects within the family and household. As parents and young people are affected, household income may fall. Additional costs of healthcare, funerals and transport to clinics and hospital may have to be met. While many households develop new ways of coping, other are severely stressed. The changing balance of labour within the home may encourage less labour intensive and less nutritious crops to be grown. Widows and elderly people may lack financial and moral support when, as the sole adult within the family, they have to take on added responsibilities for the care of children and young people.\n\nIn order to help families cope, children, and especially girls, may be kept away from school. Yong people who are orphaned as a result of AIDS may face new risks. They may lack access to a stable and secure social network of adults and may be vulnerable to child labour, exploitation, prostitution and sexual abuse.\n\nThe effects of HIV and AIDS on the health sector can be dramatic. As the demand for health services rises, the capacity of the health care system to respond may diminish. Loss of staff through HIV-related illness and death may compound the difficulties facing already over-crowded hospitals and clinics. While new and potentially more effective drugs have been found, these remain out of reach of all but the richest people in the majority of developing countries.\n\nLonger-term effects\nIn the longer-term, HIV and AIDS will have a profound demographic impact. In the most seriously affected countries, life expectancy has already been reduced and past gains in infant mortality are being eroded and even reversed.\n\nAt the macro-economic level, HIV and AIDS can cause a decline in aggregate savings and investment, reduce profits and incentives for business to invest, and lead to a long-term decline in productivity and consumption.\n\nIn time, the epidemic will have a serious impact on all sectors of society. Agriculture is likely to be affected by a shift from long-term planning to short-term survival. Al employment sectors will suffer, especially those with a highly mobile workforce such as the transport industry, the armed forces, seasonal farm labour and construction work. The most vulnerable sectors of the economy are those heavily dependent on highly educated and experienced staff in short supply. These include banking and commerce, universities and schools, government and public services.\n\nAny weakening of the education system will make it more difficult for young people to receive information about AIDS before they become sexually active. A decline in the quantity and quality of education is likely to take place as teachers become ill and die. This has serious consequences for future economic development and growth.\n\nThe inter-generational consequences of HIV and AIDS are
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United States: The CDC estimates that in 1999 between 800,000 and 900,000 people were living with HIV or AIDS. Through December 2000, a total of 774,467 cases of AIDS had been reported to the CDC.\n\nWorldwide: Based on estimates from the United Nations AIDS program (UNAIDS), approximately 60 million people have been infected with HIV since the start of the global epidemic. At the end of 2001, an estimated 40 million people were living with HIV infection or AIDS.\n\nUNAIDS estimates 5.0 million new HIV infections occurred in 2001. This represents about 14,000 new cases per day. An estimated 3.0 million adults and children died of HIV/AIDS in 2001.
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There are many medicines that can combat the effects of HIV/AIDS. These are mostly a class of drugs called "anti-retrovirals" that keep the virus from reporoducing.\nYou can find a database of these drugs at:\nhttp://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=ar-00-02
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AIDS is a syndrome associated with the HIV virus, which has been isolated to a population of chimps in Africa. How it transferred from chimps to humans is anyone's guess, but my assumption would be that it was not through Homo-Pan sexual relations. I suppose the virus could pass through eating raw infected meat.
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AIDS IS ABOUT ATTACKING YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM AND LIFE...LEAVING U DESTITUTE AND UNLOVED...THE MOST HORRIBLE DISEASE IN THE WORLD
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well AIDS is caused by HIV retrovirus . it affects the immune system by drastically reducing the number of white blood cells in the blood stream . if a person gets AIDS he/she is prone 2 evry disease in the wrld cuz of their weak immune system. a person has 2 b HIV positive 2 determine if he/she has AIDS . a person might eventually die of  AIDS . i said MIGHT therez a chance of survival ... but the person has 2 take a regular dosage of medicines 2 keep away frum diseases and there are chances of the disease spreading to the affected pplz children 2 . once again i sad CHANCES. hope i helped.\n\ncheers\nanu
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HIV also directly attacks organs, such as the kidneys, the heart and the brain leading to acute renal failure, cardiomyopathy, dementia and encephalopathy. Many of the problems faced by people infected with HIV result from failure of the immune system to protect from opportunistic infections and cancers.
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Here is the CDC surveillance data. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2004report/default.htm\n\nBear in mind that AIDS and HIV are SEPARATE conditions. It's a lot of data, so sort through it carefully.
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ok heres the BIG misunderstanding about aids...aids isnt a killer...what it does it this...aids will supress your bodies immune defense system to the point of where your body cant protect itself against anything..even the smalled infection could make someone with aids very very sick..as to where it wouldnt affect a non-aids person at all...so yea, aids isnt really a horrible disease its just it allows other things to kill you much faster and in much less amounts...
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The reason for the spread of HIV, where ever a person might live, is pretty much the people's own actions.  With the info we have now, barring blood transfusions (and even then rare since blood is tested) and freaky things like a maniac poking someone with an infected needle, the disease is almost 100% preventable. It is quite simple.  Don't hop into bed with everyone you see.  Don't do intravenous drugs.  How hard is that?