Hiv Prevention

Hiv Prevention

HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, unlike all the other “flu” like viruses, HIV is stuck in the immune system, and many scientists today are still finding cures to fight it. This virus is transmitted from person to person through bodily fluids such as blood, semen, breast milk, and vaginal secretions. There are two main ways that HIV/AIDS are active, first through sexual contact, and second through sharing needles for drug purposes. Most people that are infected with HIV will develop AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). In most developed countries, people who are diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, and stay on a healthy diet and healthy lifestyle with the right health care treatment, they are able to live productive lifestyles for numerous years, unfortunately the developing countries, are the countries we should be worried about, many people in these countries are unaware of the fact they they have HIV/AIDS, therefore leaving them unknown to any information about this illness, and no access of a nutritious diet, which leads to a fatality.

South Africa is one of the developing countries that has the biggest epidemic outbreak of HIV/AIDS. In the year 2009, an estimated 5.7 million out of 48,687,000 people were living with HIV and AIDS. Out of the current population this means that 1 out of 10 people have HIV/AIDS. The impact of this epidemic has raised the mortality rate increasingly high, it has been devastating among many children leaving them into orphans, due to the fact that both parents have deceased from HIV/AIDS. Not only does the child experience an immense emotional heartbreak, they are financially stricken.

The South African government is making welcoming changes to decrease the statistics of HIV/AIDS, and find a cure for preventing this horrible epidemic outbreak. One of the first prevention strategies is “Prevention of mother-to-child transmission”. Mother to child transmission occurs when an infected woman with HIV passes it down to...

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