HIV/AIDS Pandemic

1. The Health Crisis in Developing Countries HIV/AIDS Pandemic

2. The Pandemic • A pandemic is an epidemic that occurs over a great area of land - worldwide. • The virus that we know as HIV/Aids is thought to have spread from chimpanzees to human in west equatorial Africa in the 1930’s.

3. The Pandemic • Test were being developed for a polio vaccine and blood from chimps - who were unknowingly diseased with a strain of HIV/Aids – was taken to created the vaccine. • Some assert that the African people became test subjects and the infected vaccine entered the human population. • Others state that infected chimp meat was eaten and the disease spread that way into the human population. • Either way, Aids/HIV was now a deadly human disease.

4. HIV and AIDS • The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the virus that causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). • HIV attacks the immune system, resulting in a chronic, progressive illness and leaving infected people vulnerable to opportunistic infections and cancers.

5. HIV and AIDS • The median time from infection to AIDS diagnosis now exceeds 10 years. • AIDS is fatal. • There is no known cure.

6. Transmission • Unprotected sexual intercourse (vaginal, anal, oral). • Shared needles or equipment for injecting drugs. • Unsterilized needles for tattooing, skin piercing or acupuncture.

7. Transmission • Pregnancy, delivery and breast feeding (from an HIV-infected mother to her infant) • Occupational exposure in health care settings. • Transmission through blood.

8. AIDS cannot be transmitted through: • Casual, everyday contact • Shaking hands, hugging, kissing • Coughs, sneezes • Giving blood • Swimming pools, toilet seats • Sharing eating utensils, water fountains • Mosquitoes, other insects, or animals

9. Death is a Certainty • Even with the most expensive and effective treatments/anti-viral drugs, death is a certainty. • 34 million people in the world are affected.

10. Death is a Certainty, especially in Africa • 16,000 people every day become infected world wide. • 7, 000 die of Aids each day = 2 million per year. • Of the 14 million who have died of Aids, 11 million have been Africans.

11. Africa + AIDS/HIV • Number of new infections in sub-Saharan Africa: • Estimated at 1.9 million for 2010. • About 67 per cent of the world total.

12. Africa + AIDS/HIV • Number of children living with HIV in 2010: • 3.4 million. • 90 per cent of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa.

13. Developing Nations+ AIDS/HIV • Throughout the developing nations, AIDS has exploded mainly because of: • The problems associated with educating people about prevention.

14. Prevention+ AIDS/HIV • Get educated + ask questions. • Abstain from sex or delay first sex. • Be faithful to one partner or have fewer partners. • Use male condoms or female condoms consistently and correctly. • Use a needle exchange/clean needles of injecting drugs + do not share needles. • Take anti-viral drugs during pregnancy + have a Caesarean section.

15. Prevention+ AIDS/HIV • Condoms in the Congo (4:17 mins) • http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/amy_lockwood_selling_condoms_in_the_congo.html

16. AIDS/HIV: Increases • The following countries have been experiencing an increase in the cases of Aids/HIV: • China • India • Eastern European Countries (i.e. Russia, Ukraine)

17. North America + AIDS/HIV • There are 1.3 million people living with Aids/HIV in North America. • Number of new infections in North America: • Estimated at 58,000 in 2010, while deaths from AIDS in the same region totaled 20,000.

18. International Support Required • International support is required. • Canada is one of the leaders in the establishment of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/Aids. • HIV/Aids drugs have dropped over 75% in price, yet remain too costly for many people in developing countries.

19. International Support Required • People in developed world should be worried about health conditions in developing world because: • We are a global village. • Everyonedeserves a good life. • Diseases can spread and affect developed countries.

21. People living with HIV AIDS (2010)

22. AIDS in Canada • An estimated 60,000 people have HIV/AIDS. • Every two hours, someone in the country becomes infected with HIV. • Over 27 per cent of infected people don't know they have HIV.

23. AIDS in Canada • Women now account for one-fifth of people with HIV/AIDS. • The HIV-positive population continues to increase in Canada, with the greatest increases amongst Aboriginal Canadians.

24. The Stigma of AIDS/HIV • AIDS-related stigma and discrimination refers to prejudice, negative attitudes, abuse and maltreatment directed at people living with HIV and AIDS worldwide. • The consequences of stigma and discrimination are wide-ranging: being shunned by family, peers and the wider community, poor treatment in healthcare and education settings, an erosion of rights, psychological damage, and a negative effect on the success of HIV testing and treatment.

25. Stigma • http://bbc.in/uGpJNW(4:47 mins) • http://www.aidsvideos.org/ (info only)

26. Film: A Closer Walk • A Great Film: • A Closer Walk

27. Join Red/Think Red • http://www.youtube.com/user/joinred?blend=2&ob=1 • http://www.joinred.com/red/ • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dudnUQc7Upo