 Category: HIV - AIDS
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[ 2008-07-01 ]
CDC recommends HIV screening for all pregnant women because risk-based testing (when the health care provider offers an HIV test based on the provider's assessment of the pregnant woman's risk) misses many women who are infected with HIV. CDC does recommend providing information on HIV (either orally or by pamphlet) and, for women with risk factors, referrals to prevention counseling by peter hutch 
[ 2008-06-26 ]
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection has now spread to every country in the world and has infected more than 40 million people worldwide as of the end of 2003 by peter hutch
[ 2008-05-14 ]
AIDS is a chronic, life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). By damaging or destroying the cells of your immune system, HIV interferes with your body's ability to effectively fight off viruses, bacteria and fungi that cause disease. This makes you more susceptible to certain types of cancers and to opportunistic infections your body would normally resist, such as pneumonia and meningitis. The virus and the infection itself are known as HIV. The term acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is used to mean the later stages of an HIV infection. by peter hutch
[ 2008-05-14 ]
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a set of symptoms and infections resulting from the damage to the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).This condition progressively reduces the effectiveness of the immune system and leaves individuals susceptible to opportunistic infections and tumors. HIV is transmitted through direct contact of a mucous membrane or the bloodstream with a bodily fluid containing HIV, such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid, preseminal fluid, and breast milk. by peter hutch
[ 2008-05-14 ]
AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. An HIV-positive person receives an AIDS diagnosis after developing one of the CDC-defined AIDS indicator illnesses. An HIV-positive person can also receive an AIDS diagnosis on the basis of certain blood tests (CD4 counts) and may not have experienced any serious illnesses. A positive HIV test does not mean that a person has AIDS. A diagnosis of AIDS is made by a physician according to the CDC AIDS Case Definition. by peter hutch
[ 2008-05-14 ]
HIV is a virus. Viruses infect the cells that make up the human body and replicate (make new copies of themselves) within those cells. A virus can also damage human cells, which is one of the things that can make a person ill. HIV can be passed from one person to another. Someone can become infected with HIV through contact with the bodily fluids of someone who already has HIV. HIV stands for the 'Human Immunodeficiency Virus'. Someone who is diagnosed as infected with HIV is said to be 'HIV+' or 'HIV positive'. by peter hutch
[ 2008-04-16 ]
HIV is a type of virus called a retrovirus. Like all viruses, it must invade the cells of other organisms to survive and reproduce. HIV multiplies in the human immune system's CD4+ T cells and kills vast numbers of the cells it infects. The result is disease symptoms. by Richard Bean
[ 2008-02-03 ]
Because chicken pox is usually a benign self-limited disease, treatment is typically aimed at treating symptoms and making the patient more comfortable. by Richard Bean
[ 2008-01-26 ]
Astigmatism is a condition in which one or both eyes has a misshapen cornea by Joel Anderson
[ 2007-12-26 ]
Living in todays world can be scary. Health is the most important part of your life. Find out the truth about what you don't know.
by anirudha alam
[ 2007-12-05 ]
HIV/AIDS is not merely a health issues. It is sorely a development issues undoubtedly. The vulnerability to HIV/AIDS has a grave and in-depth impact on every aspect of life. So the responses from all the levels and parts of the societies are very much necessary to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS any how. In this regard, centering upon the collective action, gender development should be well-defined involving the particular roles of government, civil society and the private sections.
by shagufta Khan
[ 2007-10-12 ]
at earlysymptoms.net, we have tried to bring you the early symptoms of most of the diseases and also symptoms related to pregnancy and other such issues. We have build the most comprehensive resource where you can find all the answers by anirudha alam
[ 2007-09-25 ]
The conventional gender roles that underpin sexual inequality and violence are entrenched by dyed-in-the-wool social norms. So women are always in the vicious circle of vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. It is an essential fact that gender-based violence is a key factor in increasing women’s risk of contracting the virus skyward. by anirudha alam
[ 2007-09-16 ]
Spread of HIV/AIDS results in risk of losing forms of social and economic protection. There is no doubt that onslaught of HIV/AIDS is closely associated with gender inequality and poor respect for the rights of women. So to mitigate the multiple impacts of epidemic, gender mainstreaming should be significantly integrated into HIV/AIDS prevention programs. Eventually, HIV prevention and impact mitigation policy will be able to make the realization of gender equality one of the most important strategies.
by anirudha alam
[ 2007-09-16 ]
Nowadays gender discrimination is the key challenge for sustainable development. It widens the likelihood of HIV/AIDS epidemic. So we have to alleviate all the discriminations as regards achieving ownership, leadership and dignity, enjoying freedom, controlling resources, accessing to information, establishing rights, making decision, grooming voices, taking responsibility as well as participating in development activities.
by anirudha alam
[ 2007-05-19 ]
With a view to attaining gender equality, gender mainstreaming plays a vital role as an effective strategy for making both women's and men's participation, sharing and experience integral dimension in policy making, program implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Mainstreaming the gender perspective, it is easy to bring about the process for stimulating the gender awareness being internalized in any planned action in any area of development and at all levels. Since HIV/AIDS is not just a health issue and impacting widely on every aspect of life, it should be prevented through developing both short and long-term gender-sensitive strategies from community to national level. by Rev. Eleanor Richard
[ 2007-04-15 ]
We all know the immune system (composed of cells, glands, lymph nodes and veins) helps to help keep us free of disease. But did you know how you can assist in this important job? Of course, vitamin C, garlic, and other specific nutrition give the immune system a boost. But there is another very important realization for you.
by anirudha alam
[ 2007-04-11 ]
Countries like Bangladesh where spread of HIV/AIDS is relatively slow nowadays have a window of opportunity to avoid more serious epidemics. Comprehensive access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support in low prevalence countries should be ensured through strengthening integrated HIV/AIDS prevention programs and projects. In this regard, highlighting the priorities of an effective response to the epidemic, it is very much essential to take the exclusive scope to keep HIV at bay. It should be recognized that to scale up prevention, treatment, care and support is a vital right for all. by anirudha alam
[ 2007-04-11 ]
The spread of HIV and STI is mounting in developing countries through gender inequality and taboos around sexuality. It results in discrimination and stigma associated with drastic poverty and marginalization. Leading to empowerment, happiness and well being, gender awareness can help to promote both rights to be free of violence and coercion around sexuality. Sexual rights, an inclusive framework, guide to have knowledge of the links between different sexuality issues thoroughly recognizing that campaign against sexual violence must continue.
by anirudha alam
[ 2007-04-11 ]
Undermining the possibility of STIs, reproductive health literacy creates a safe and supportive environment for adolescents in a world with HIV/AIDS. It ensures their protection from sexual abuse, ill-believes and so-called dogmas. With particular attention to HIV/AIDS mitigation, flexible non-formal approaches for making sure reproductive health literacy should be adopted by the academic curriculum in which sustainable development and poverty alleviation would have the highest priority. In all aspects of planning and policy making, a comprehensive curriculum should be launched essentially internalizing demand driven steps to reduce stigma, discrimination and poverty brought about by HIV/AIDS. Bringing in and upgrading life skill education as well as making HIV/AIDS awareness an inbuilt chapter of the text-curriculum, qualitative reproductive health literacy promotes the culture of preventing stigma, denial and discrimination. Nowadays in the name of qualitative reproductive health literacy, it is very much necessary to incorporate HIV/AIDS into a broader health education approach and into other subjects. Adolescents are very much threatened in the aspect of HIV/AIDS due to their tremendous curiosity and immaturity. So the qualitative reproductive health literacy, first and foremost, should be ensured for adolescents any how. by anirudha alam
[ 2007-04-11 ]
Parents should be thoroughly taught about HIV/AIDS prevention from the Community Learning Centre (CLC). Then they will be able to build up their capacity properly to make their children aware of HIV/AIDS initially. Adolescents have more opportunities to be misguided due to their peer pressure and involved in danger for having inadequate knowledge as to safe reproductive health. So the scopes should be made available for the adolescents that they can learn about reproductive health care through their academic curriculum. In this regard, teachers having more friendly behavior may play an important and essential role coming in close contact with the students. They may arrange peer group session regularly under the respective course curriculum. Operating various kinds of cultural and entertainment oriented events in the campus may add extra attraction stimulating students’ interest in HIV/AIDS Prevention Program. If we fail to take necessary and timely initiatives comprehensively for ensuring qualitative adolescents reproductive health literacy HIV/AIDS prevalence will be climbing higher into new population rapidly in the vulnerable parts of the world. by anirudha alam
[ 2007-04-11 ]
Reproductive health literacy has a sustainable preventive impact to promote a healthy lifestyle as well as responsible behavior. It is among the most powerful tools for reducing adolescents’ vulnerability to HIV/AIDS through providing necessary knowledge, stimulating positive attitudes and bringing about life skills. Life skill engendered from reproductive health literacy mobilizes efforts targeting to lessen high risk behavior.
by anirudha alam
[ 2007-04-11 ]
To reduce HIV/AIDS vulnerability among adolescents, there is a need to develop strategies and methods for effective curriculum focusing on sex education and life skills especially. Internalizing more participatory learning-teaching method, it is felt that a stronger integration of prevention education vis-à-vis sex & reproductive health approaches is essential for improving the high-quality HIV prevention & care. It is estimated that there are 1.2 billion adolescents in the world. Near about eighty seven percent of these adolescents live in the developing countries. More than eighty five percent adolescents of Bangladesh do not know what reproductive health is and how to practice safe sex. Most of them are not aware of how to undermine the vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. To make them free from such encumbrance as HIV/AIDS, we have to ensure a healthy and promising environment. It is believed that if the adolescents have qualitative reproductive health literacy ultimately HIV/AIDS prevention programs initiated by GOs and NGos will be successful. by anirudha alam
[ 2007-04-11 ]
Curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS is a human rights issue. A commitment to solidarity, hope and compassion promotes comprehensive campaign as for HIV/AIDS prevention. It may result in a holistic effort to strengthen community based network through advocacy, capacity building and behavioral change communication (BCC). Having no minimal amenities, community people are led to vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS enormously. They are mostly disadvantaged due to having no access to basic rights. If there is any community based common plan in support of the local response to HIV epidemic the reasons of vulnerability may be removed gradually and effectively.
by anirudha alam
[ 2007-04-10 ]
There are some forms of risky behavior that directly makes women vulnerable to HIV/AIDS in the developing countries like Bangladesh. It should be cornerstone of life to get rid of risky behavior through improving living standard any how. For the greater involvement of vulnerable women in every aspect of curbing epidemic, they have to be able to respond to the epidemic in a meaningful manner. by anirudha alam
[ 2007-04-10 ]
Gender discrimination saps social consistency jeopardizing health and educational development. It is increasingly recognized as a key factor that makes women gravely vulnerable to AIDS and STIs (Sexually Transmitted Infections). Improving and intensifying poverty reduction strategies pragmatically, overall development programs should be en-gendered. Otherwise development achievements may be endangered failing to contain epidemic.
by anirudha alam
[ 2007-04-10 ]
Gender equality, a well-defined by-product of human development, always entrenches inclination on how to focus attention on women empowerment. Simultaneously women empowerment confronts challenges consecutively in translating the responsibilities to gender equality into action. Gender discrimination is the prime source of endemic poverty leading to skyrocketing HIV prevalence. With a view to making gender equality a reality as a core commitment, women empowerment has to be the stepping stone to sustainable development. by James McLean Bowie Bowie
[ 2007-03-02 ]
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is an RNA virus which converts RNA to DNA, which makes it a retrovirus. HIV can not reproduce itself outside of a cell, but when HIV invades a living cell, it turns the cell into a factory for making more HIV.
The development of HIV occurs when the virus infects CD4 T-lymphocytes; a type of white blood cell, HIV weakens the immune system and leaves the infected individual open to deadly infections. Only cells which carry the appropriate molecules are susceptible to infection by HIV.
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[ 2006-08-30 ]
AIDS is and continuous to be one of the most feared and dreaded diseases of the 21st century. With education and precaution, this can be reduced to a large extent. Today, AIDS awareness programs are conducted in schools, colleges, churches and in public to get the word around. Together we can strive to make the future HIV free. by David Stanley
[ 2006-06-18 ]
In 1981, scientists in the United States and France first recognized the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), which was later discovered to be caused by a virus called the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). by Dr.K Rao
[ 2006-06-07 ]
Basically Dr. Rao is a Conventionally Trained Western Medical Doctor from India and fellow of American Academy of Pediatrics(AAP). He is also trained in traditional supplements since the age of 5 years (as he belongs to family of Hakims - naturopaths - Vaidyas - Aurvedic doctors. Now Dr. K. Rao serves as science director of HHCSR
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by Anne Wolski
[ 2006-04-30 ]
In this modern era, sexual freedom is taken for granted and little is thought of promiscuity as it was in past generations. However, the reality is that this sexual freedom also carries with it the very real threat of sexually transmitted disease. Because not all sexually transmitted diseases are curable, it is essential to take steps to avoid them. by Gloria Lintermans and Marilyn Stolzman, Ph.D.
[ 2006-03-21 ]
by leo le
[ 2006-01-12 ]
Different strands of HIV may be a key to curing Aids. It is possible that a virus may be used against itself. by Mansi gupta
[ 2006-01-06 ]
Sexually transmitted diseases are escalating nowadays when more people have started entering into multiple sexual relationships. They might not consider this ethically wrong but the fact remains that such people are more prone to sexual diseases by Mohammad Alam
[ 2005-12-13 ]
HIV/AIDS prevention policy/ strategy, TGP can help to prevent HIV/AIDS by Mohammad Alam
[ 2005-12-04 ]
Drug Users are Vulnerable for STDs/STI in Bangladesh,
Commercial/Professional sex workers in Bangladesh by Muslima Bulon
[ 2005-12-03 ]
AIDS and women in the world,
The role of women empowerment and AIDS,
Women cannot escape from AIDS
by Muslima Bulon
[ 2005-12-03 ]
Gender discrimination and HIV/AIDS, Gender vulnerability and HIVAIDS, The HIV/AIDS epidemic has been fuelled by gender inequality by Mohammad Alam
[ 2005-12-03 ]
Bangladesh may be a catastrophe of HIV/AIDS, Who are vulnerable to HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh, Social Cultural and economic forces make women more likely to contract HIV infection than men by Mohammad Alam
[ 2005-12-03 ]
Female Sex Workers are vulnerable for HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh,
Commercial Sex Workers in Dhaka City & HIV/AIDS situation, Bangladesh may be a catastrophe of HIV/AIDS, Who are vulnerable to HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh, Social Cultural and economic forces make women more likely to contract HIV infection than men by Mohammad Alam
[ 2005-11-30 ]
female sex workers in Bangladesh,Why should you know about AIDS, HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh, risk environment & AIDS
by Mohammad Alam
[ 2005-11-30 ]
Geographical location of Bangladesh and vulnerability to AIDS,female sex workers in Bangladesh,Why should you know about AIDS, HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh, risk environment & AIDS
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