HIV/AIDS

Question 1

What is aids?

Answer 1

Weakening of immune system by HIV- can’t fight infection and may fall ill of diarrhea, pneumonia, tumours
HIV attatches to CD4 molecule in T cells to infect
Healthy= 1500-800 CD4/mm3 of blood, AIDS= 200CD4
takes 8-10 years to destroy immune system

Question 2

How is it passed on?

Answer 2

unprotected sex, infected needles, HIV positive mother, infected blood transfusions

Question 3

How many infected?

Answer 3

36.7 million has HIV, new HIV infections among children declined by 47% since 2010
1 million died from AIDs related illnesses in 2016
lots of men infected, so more young women are infected and die, due to relations

Question 4

Investment facts

Answer 4

$19.1 billion by end of 2016 for AIDs response

Question 5

SS Africa stats? Why so bad?

Answer 5

25 million infected, 7.5% infected adults
Reduced economic growth up to 2% in some countries

poor, poor hygiene, uneducated, unprotected sex and religious views against contraception. discrimination, sell sex, having lots of children is a sign of male virality

Question 6

Global patterns of AIDs

Answer 6

USA, Europe, Australia= medium
Egypt=low
Bahamas= high
lesotho- no.1- 648

Question 7

How AIDs affects Africa households?

Answer 7

income, medical costs, absenteeism from work

nutrition, siblings look after children or sent away

Question 8

How AIDs affects Africa education?

Answer 8

shortage of teachers, dropping out or delaying school entry, employ more high skilled workers, training costs

Question 9

How AIDs affects Africa health services?

Answer 9

Absenteeism/death of workers, budget insufficient, high demand for effective treatment, developing countries need help from international donors

Question 10

How AIDs affects Africa agriculture?

Answer 10

reduction in food production, from cash crops to food crops (lack funds for non food essentials), less skilled labour

Question 11

Strategies to tackle epidemic

Answer 11

World Bank offers interest free loans to combat disease
Education for children research and contracpetives
$4.6 billion UN global fund to combat AIDs
reducing African country debts to allow them to spend more on healthcare

Question 12

issues with: drug injector/sex worker
migrant
over 50

Answer 12

don’t have a choice
translation issue, send home earning to family, fear of being deported, rights
sexually active- no one listens, fear of being burden, don’t have savings