HIV essays

Introduction This paper examines HIV/AIDs in the Republic of South Africa as a healthcare policy issue. Historically, HIV/AIDs originated in Africa in 1920, particularly within the Democratic Republic of Congo where the HIV virus...

Introduction HIV stands for Human-Immunodeficiency Virus. It is a retrovirus causing the HIV infection, and with time without proper treatment, it results to AIDS (Acquired-Immunodeficiency Syndrome) as the final stage. HIV activ...

Introduction Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) a type of virus responsible for a condition called AIDS. HIV destabilizes or weakens the body’s immune system and destroys a type of cells (CD4 helper lymphocyte cells) that help ...

Introduction Marijuana use in the United States remains illegal as per the Federal Law; however, a number of states have legalized the use of marijuana for both recreational and medicinal use. 29 states have legalized its use for...

Chapter 1 Despite the numerous public health issues, the one addressed here is HIV/AIDS with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) being the virus that leads to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Known to have started in the...

Mode of Transmission Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is caused by acoronavirus called SARS- associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV). The SARS virus is airborne, meaning that it is transmitted in the same way as flu and colds. ...

Contamination and Infection Contamination and infection are crucial concepts used in the medical field to indicate the effects of micro-organisms causing diseases in the human body. Contamination involves the presence of the micr...

Introduction According to research conducted by the Joint United Nation program and world health organization on communicable diseases in 1999, it was estimated that 35 million individuals live with HIV/AIDS in the world. In the ...