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…Is AIDS caused by poverty? No! Anyone can be infected by AIDS very easily even the Queen of England or Bill Gates, the richest man in the world. HIV the incurable disease...doesn't matter how rich or how poor you are. All the money in the world can't…

…off guard. Research suggests that, this agent responsible for AIDS probably dates back to the 1950s, with a chance infection of human by a modified Simian virus found in African green monkeys. Whatever its origin, scientists surmise that it spread from…

…HIV/AIDS is an epidemic that affects both men and women of all ages. It has an impact on many people's lives either by themselves being infected, knowing someone who is infected, or being a health care worker. HIV is a virus that attacks the body's…

…Abstract There is a worldwide stigma associated with the HIV/AIDS virus. It is discriminated against in all areas of life and society. This paper will examine three critical areas of this discrimination, and describe the cause and effect of individual…

…billion in official development assistance (ODA) to countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America. A reserved player in Western aid efforts in the 1950s, the Canadian government became more enthusiastic in the 1960s, a time of optimism, idealism…

…In The Economic Burden of HIV/AIDS in Canada, researchers Terry Albert and Greg Williams try to prove that many lives can be saved if governments and agencies involved in fighting the epidemic make strategic investments in prevention. This economic…

…Not everyone is lucky enough to be able to afford to continue his or her education into the college level. Financial aid helps those in need to continue their education, however, financial aid does not help everyone. One important group of people left…

…Our world today is a crazy one, in many ways. It is so different to what it used to be. The advancement of technology, coupled with such things as HIV/AIDS or terrorism and America's retaliation (and the Iraq War), combines to form a mind boggling…

…no vaccines or protection against it. The most predominate serious virus is HIV. The AIDS epidemic is still increasing worldwide, and in Africa it threatens to wipe out entire nations. In December 2002, there were 42 million people infected with HIV. About 30…

…that inevitably leads to the development of the fatal Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or AIDS (Begun et al. 1998, 4). HIV Overview The human immune system's main weapon of defense is a team of five white blood cells, individually named the macrophage, T4 cell…