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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Global Health PresentationAIDS/HIV
Allie LymanChristine 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– Destroys CD4+ Cells
• Acquired Immune deficiency Syndrome– Late state of infection
History
• 1959– First diagnosed case of AIDS
• 1978– Heterosexual and Homosexual men
• 1991– 10 Million are diagnosed with AIDS
• 1 Million in America
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
AIDS diagnoses in 2008 by race/ethnicity
Estimated adult and adolescent HIV diagnoses in 2008 by transmission route and gender
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
Public Health Influence
• AIDS was represented as…– Punishment, crime, war,
horror and otherness• Grimm Reaper– http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=U219eUIZ7Qo&feature=player_embedded
Discrimination
• Government• Health Care• Employment• Restrictions on travel and stay• Community• Family
Government
• One third of countries don’t protect people with HIV/AIDS– Uganda military– China mandatory testing– UK prosecution
Health Care
• Lack of protective equipment• Lack of confidentiality
– 34% respondents from India, Thailand, Philippines, and Indonesia
Employment
• Termination• Refusal of 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
Community
• Forced to leave home, school, job, shopping facilities– Daily habits, events and
activities change• 79% of people in global
report discrimination
Family
• Fear of loss of family and friends
• Lack of unconditional love• Discrimination against the
whole family
Solutions
Short Term• 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
Long Term• Universal access to AIDS
treatments– Botswana three year progress
• Eliminate discriminating policies and laws
Sooo….Is Aid The Solution?
Conclusion
• AIDS: a growing global problem• Reasons for continued spread– Stigmas– Discrimination
• Solutions• Aid is working• Large strides still need to be made
Questions?
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/>.