Dan Dougherty and Allie Capetola Period 5

 Human immunodeficiency virus  Leads to AIDS (Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)  HIV is spread through sexual contact, or from a parent that has the disease  HIV attacks the immune system making it weaker and susceptible to other diseases  Currently no effective cure  Only way to know if you have the virus is to be tested by a doctor  AIDS final stage of HIV infection  Not everyone will get to this stage  Without treatment, patients typically survive for 3 years

 In 2013, about 24.7 million people were living with HIV  In 2014, 2million people and of them, 220,000 new HIV children (<15 years of age) were "diagnosed"  Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for nearly 70% of the global total of new infections  Countries hit hardest with the HIV epidemic are usually low-to-middle income and is at risk of other infectious diseases, and food shortage.  (June June 2015), 2.2 million people have been able to access treatment

 Nigeria- 3.2 million people living with HIV/AIDS  South Africa- 6.3 million people living with HIV/AIDS  Kenya- 1.6 million people living with HIV/AIDS

 Breast feeding  Ceremonies  Traditional Healers and Medical Doctors

 Political instability is contributing to the failure to create a helpful HIV/AIDS monitoring group  Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Kenya  Botswana  Woman discrimination- men dominate the sexual relationships, causing women to practice unsafe sex

 Condom use and distribution  (Ivory Coast, Niger, Senegal, and Uganda)  Mother to child transmission prevention  Voluntary male circumcision

 Antiretroviral Treatment (ART)  % of people had access to ACT treatment  2013 World Health Organization changed the guidelines  ART is low especially for children