Effects of Disease on the Health Care Industry: Respiratory Health

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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

·         Prevention (education, exposure avoidance)

·         Antiretroviral treatment (required to begin directly after infection)

·         Antiviral medications sometimes slow disease progression but cannot cure it once contracted.

·         AIDS is a disease that only affects the LGBT community (myth).

·         Contracting HIV is an automatic death sentence (myth).

·         HIV/AIDS is currently incurable (fact).

·         Education and proper preventive measures are crucial in fighting this disease.

·         Worldwide, 2.5 million new cases reported in 2011 (CDC)

·         635,000 individuals with AIDS have died in the United States to date (CDC).

·         An estimated 1.1 million people in U.S. were living with AIDS in 2009 (CDC).

·         Websites:

www.cdc.gov/hiv/default.html

www.aidshealth.org

www.aids.gov

·         Funding for prevention and research from the government and private sector

·         Educational programs, UNICEF

·         Considered a worldwide epidemic (Shi, 2014)

·         In 2012, the U.S. government spent more than $20 billion on HIV/AIDS programs and research.

·         Has an impact on social lives and sexual practices of all citizens in a given society in one way or another.

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