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Insights into the History and Impact of AIDS

Explore crucial milestones in the history of AIDS, its transmission, symptoms, lack of cure, and ongoing challenges. Learn about the global impact and access resources for further information.

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Insights into the History and Impact of AIDS

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  1. BLAKE & GREG KAILA & AARON

  2. History • In 1981 the first cases of aids were identified among gay men in the united states • In 1984 aids identified as being caused by human retrovirus • In 1985 FDA approved first enzyme with a test kit to screen antibodies to HIV • In 1999, 5.6 million people were infected with HIV

  3. causes • If needles accidentally got shared • Unprotected sex, mostly anal • Babies don’t always get HIV from pregnancies • AIDS can be transmitted by blood or organs by an effected donor (sexually active)

  4. Symptoms • Flu like illness within three to six weeks • (Fever sweets mostly at night) • Swollen glands • Chills that cause weakness • Weight loss and rashes • More severe or persistent symptoms may not show

  5. Cures and treatments • Currently there is no cure for aids or HIV • Drugs such as antireterovia available to help to control the virus • There are a lot of aids fund raisers that help benefit the aids research

  6. Previous outbreaks • Millions of men, women and children are living with HIV today. • In the world the most common place for aids is south Africa

  7. Additional information • The only way that you can tell if you have AIDS is if you get tested • AIDS is one of the biggest challenges as we have as a county • Estimated 1.8 million people have died in Africa from aids • Scientist have concluded that aids has been spread by chimps

  8. MORE FACTS • 17 million people have died in south Africa have died sense the aids epidemic began in the late 1970’s. • AIDS is the main cause of death for all African Americans of the ages of 25 to 44. • Aids shows no sign of ending and no cure is at hand. • All over the world 35 million people have been infected and 5 million have developed AIDS.

  9. If you are sexually active…

  10. bio • http://www.aegis.com/topics/timeline/ • http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/aids.html • http://images.search.yahoo.com • http://www.aids.org/ • http://www.aidsinfonet.org/fact_sheets/view/101 • http://fohn.net/history-of-aids/ • http://aidshistory.nih.gov/imgarchive/HeadsYouLive.html • http://aidshistory.nih.gov/imgarchive/HeadsYouLive.html • http://www.crescentcity.com/noaids/facts.htm

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