tailieunhanh - HIV/AIDS-related Problems in Gynecology

No other disease has had a similar impact on mankind in modern times compared with HIV/AIDS. HIV is a retrovirus which was unknown until. The 1980s, when the first cases of a new disease were first identified in the USA. The disease was named acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) after its most salient features, death due to infectious diseases through immunodeficiency, and has sinc then killed more than 25 million people worldwide. | 18 HIV AIDS-related Problems in Gynecology Regine Unkels INTRODUCTION In 2009 million people were living with human immunodeficiency virus HIV million people were newly infected worldwide and million people died in the same year. Young people aged between 15 and 24 years account for 45 of the infections worldwide and approximately 2 million children are living with the virus. SubSaharan Africa is most affected with 67 of the people living with HIV AIDS and 75 of the deaths due to AIDS worldwide 97 of all new infections in 2009 occurred in middle- or low-income countries1. No other disease has had a similar impact on mankind in modern times compared with HIV AIDS. HIV is a retrovirus which was unknown until the 1980s when the first cases of a new disease were first identified in the USA. The disease was named acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS after its most salient features death due to infectious diseases through immunodeficiency and has since then killed more than 25 million people worldwide. Antiretroviral therapy ART was introduced in resource-poor settings reluctantly for the fear of emerging resistance against antiretroviral drugs and lack of sustainability and human resources but through public pressure and advocacy of international organizations such as Doctors Without Borders MSF introduction of adapted ART and care and treatment schemes started to be rolled out with the support of UNAIDS from 2003 onwards. In 2010 approximately 3 million people living with HIV AIDS had access to ART from the 9 million needing it. The extent to which the epidemic spread in subSaharan Africa and Southeast Asia had significant impact on the economic and social development. The consequences can been seen at all levels of the economy household and workforce and at the macroeconomic level. As many societies economics are based on subsistence farming and agricultural products the impact of HIV AIDS at the household level is most important. HIV AIDS erodes .