Hivaids is a crisis of enormous spiritual, social, economic and political proportions. The pandemic has brought about overwhelming threats to economically poor countries, especially the subsaharan africa. Wisconsin aidshiv program notes is an electronic publication that highlights the hiv epidemic and the delivery of prevention and care and treatment services in wisconsin. Introduction to hiv, aids and sexually transmitted infection surveillance. Aids has already killed millions of people, millions more continue to become infected with hiv, and theres no cure so aids will be around for a while yet. Introduction to hiv, aids and sexually transmitted infection. Chapter 1 introduction to hivaids substance abuse treatment. This meeting marks the unoicial founding of the national minority aids council nmac. Aids is the result of progression of hiv infection. Ministry of health guidelines for hivaids diagnosis and treatment published with decision no.
As discussed in chapter 8, control of the pandemic demands a twofront battle that emphasizes both prevention and care. Joint united nations programme on hivaids unaids 2000. By 1983 the human immunodeficiency virus hiv, the virus that causes aids, had been isolated. Pdf documents can be viewed with the free adobe reader. Aids is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus hiv. Hivaids lecture notes 3 introduction people have been warned about hiv and aids for over twenty years now. The possibility of hiv transmission from mother to child can be reduced to the minimum by taking medical help right from conception onwards. Hiv my lecture notes introduction to hivaids origin. Hiv means human immune deficiency virus and its rising incidence leading to aids acquired immune deficiency syndrome has been posing grave globally to the lives of people especially women. Hivaids prevention, mitigation, and care interventions. These estimates can be used to help educate, plan for hivaids services and develop policy. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome aids of humans is caused by two lentiviruses, human immunodeficiency viruses types 1 and 2 hiv1 and hiv2.
Therefore, most people do not know if they have it. The acronym hiv stands for human immunodeficiency virus. In the global effort to end hiv and aids, children and adolescents continue to fall behind. Objectives define and understand the difference between hiv infection and aids describe the progression of hiv from initial infection to disease. Aids and hiv infection example mollify page unaids. The first cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome aids were reported in the united states in the spring of 1981.
Hiv destroys the bodys immune system and eventually leads to aids. Guide for the tourism sector international labour office, sectoral. Human immunodeficiency virus hiv is the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome aids. Hiv and aids continue to affect the lives of millions around the world. The role of std prevention and treatment in hiv prevention. This booklet aims to help you understand hiv aids more clearly by answering some of the questions that you may have and provide you with information on hiv aids as well as the aid for aids programme that is available to members living with hiv of contracted medical schemes and companies. Its important to note that if a person with hiv is being treated and has a persistently undetectable viral load, its virtually impossible to transmit the. Introduction to hiv, aids and sexually transmitted.
Generally narrative notes are widely used format in counseling in hiv aids. Unlike some other viruses, the human body cant get rid of hiv completely, even with treatment. Hiv is a virus that targets and alters the immune system, increasing the risk and impact of other infections and diseases. Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome hivaids is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus hiv. You may not look or feel sick for years, but you can still pass the virus on to other people. Aids acquired immuno deficiency syndrome causes of aids mechanism of hiv proliferation in human body prevention of aids. Editorial support was provided by bandana malhotra. The following are the causes through a person can get affected with an hiv and aids. Hivaids as well as the aid for aids programme that is available to. Human immunodeficiency virus hiv is a virus that attacks and weakens the immune system. If a member in a family has hiv, all other members have the possibility of harboring hiv.
Anyone infected with hiv, although healthy, can still transmit the virus to another person. Following initial infection a person may not notice any symptoms, or. You can only become infected with hiv through direct contact of your body fluid with those of someone with the virus. Please note that pep must be started imme diately after the. Here, we describe the origins and evolution of these viruses, and the circumstances that led to the aids. Positive refugee resettlement program, as well as, other refugeesimmigrants diagnosed with aids subsequent to their arrival in the u. Testing and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases stds can be an effective tool in preventing the spread of hiv, the virus that causes aids. Aids acquired immuno deficiency syndrome the word aids stands for acquired immuno deficiency syndrome. This means deficiency of immune system, acquired during the lifetime of an individual indicating that it is not a congenital disease. It is the virus that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or aids if not treated. Aids is a condition that can arise from an advanced stage of infection with hiv. Information for united nations employees and their families 55.
Hivaids pandemic, the role of substance abuse in the spread of aids was clearly established. This is a full description of a case as well as counselors assessment of the problems. Koop issues the surgeon generals report on aids pdf, 1. Be familiar with the prevalence and epidemiology of hiv and aids if possible, disaggregating the data by. The human immunodeficiency viruses 1 and 2 hiv1, hiv2 originated from the simian immunodeficiency viruses sivs of primates. Injection drug use idu was identified as a direct route of hiv. New diagnoses, prevalent cases, and deaths reported through dec. Hiv is a lifelong condition, and without treatment, a person with hiv can develop aids, which makes the immune system too weak to fight off disease.
Basic presentation hivaids for use by students, teachers and the public seeking basic information about hivaids. It is an especially fragile virus much less tough than the cold virus. The human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, a condition in. Hivinfected employees and those with aids should not be discriminated against. Describe the difference between hiv infection and aids. We look at symptoms, progression, transmission, medication. The report makes it clear that hiv cannot be spread casually and calls for. Hiv aids lecture notes 3 introduction people have been warned about hiv and aids for over twenty years now. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome modes of transmission unprotected sex with someone infected infected blood mother to child transmission body fluids which, are definitely infectious. Do you have a passion to help others or do you see. Wisconsin hiv program notes wisconsin department of. Aids is the most advanced stage of hiv infection hiv is spread through contact with the blood, semen, preseminal fluid, rectal fluids, vaginal fluids, or breast milk of a person with hiv.
Module 1 overview of hiv infection world health organization. Hiv 2 is restricted to west africa, although there are imported cases in the uk. Regional office for the eastern mediterranean, joint united nations programme on hivaids p. Hivaids prevalence and mortality report, 2018 ppt this report contains estimates of hivaids prevalence the number of persons living with hiv or aids and mortality in minnesota. All the fact sheets are written specifically for patients in easy to read language. Introduction to hivaids origin, theories and history of the pandemic the origin of aids and hiv has puzzled. People with aids develop many diseases and opportunistic infections such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, cancer, and skin infections that may ultimately lead to death. Persons in the workplace affected by, or perceived to be affected by hivaids, must be protected from stigmatization and discrimination by coworkers, unions, employers or clients. Even without treatment it can take up to years for a person to get infected with hiv to even develop noticeable symptoms. Art changes the prognosis and can reverse the inevitable progression through the clinical stages. Fact sheets about hivaids treatment information, the prevention of motherto child transmission, and hiv treatment side effects. Dr david wilson, medical coordinator, hivaids care and treatment programme, msf belgium, bangkok, thailand. Introduction to monitoring and evaluation core module 2.
Hivaids notable exceptions are argentina, brazil, and mexico, which provide universal coverage for antiretroviral therapy. We look at symptoms, progression, transmission, medication, and management strategies. Unless people with hiv receive treatment, they eventually will get serious infections or. Introduction to hiv and aids overview of the pandemic from the national library of medicine abridged by page 4 of 40 aids cases is no longer sufficient for projecting trends of the pandemic.
Hivaids has become a major public health problem worldwide. Aids acquired immune deficiency syndrome is a disease caused by the hiv. However, some of us still dont know exactly what hiv and aids actually are hiv is a virus. Overview of the hivaids epidemic with an introduction to public health. View notes hiv my lecture notes from hiv 001 at university of eastern africa, baraton. Hiv attacks and weakens the bodys immune system by destroying the bodys thelper white blood cells.
This booklet aims to help you understand hivaids more clearly by answering some of the questions that you may have and provide you with information on hivaids as well as the aid for aids programme that is available to members living with hiv of contracted medical schemes and companies. This modular monitoring and evaluation training course is intended for use in training both fhi country program staff and implementing partner. Regional office for the eastern mediterranean, joint united nations programme on hiv aids p. Hiv weakens your immune system, your bodys builtin defence against disease and illness. The human immunodeficiency virus or hiv virus as it is commonly known is a unique type of virus a retrovirus. The work was coordinated by karin timmermans, technical officer, and yingru lo, regional advisor hivaids who searo. Since it was first recognised in 1981 it has killed more than 25 million people. Even though the prospect of greater access to treat. Aidsaids acquired immuno deficiency syndrome or aids, is a collection of symptoms due to underlying infections and malignancies resulting from specific damage to immune system caused by human immunodeficiency virus hiv. New cases of infection still occur at birth, during breastfeeding and in adolescence. Hiv or aids the human immunodeficiency virus hiv is the cause of one of the most destructive human pandemics in recorded history. Hiv, aids, history hiv is thought to have originated in nonhuman primates in subsaharan africa and was transferred to humans late in the 19th or early in the 20th century. In ethiopia hivaids has spread very fast in the last fifteen years and it has produced devastating effects. Wisconsin aidshiv program notes february 2010 2 recent increases in hiv infection in wisconsin are largely attributed to increases in cases of infection among young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men of all racialethnic groups in the milwaukee metropolitan statistical area msa and in other.
Surveillance of hiv risk behaviours world health organization. What religious leaders can do about hivaids action for children andyoung people. Sharing needles pose a low risk but there is still a risk unprotected sex poses a low risk of hiv transmission but high risk of sexually transmitted infections. Provide local hiv infection rate and its impact on local.
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