HIV Information Report

HIV Information Report

AIDS education

AIDS (Disease)

HIV (Viruses)

Health care for LGBTQ+ people

Epidemiology

HIV/AIDS

A detailed 11-page report on HIV/AIDS. Page 1 provides information about the genesis of AIDS. Notes the naming of the virus in 1983, by Dr Luc Montagnier of Pastieur Institute, as "L.A.V. (hymphadenopathy Associated Virus)" ; in 1984, Dr Robert Gallo of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda Maryland called the virus H.T.L.V 111 (Human T. Lymphotoepic Virus 111); and in 1985, the virus was renamed H.I.V (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). Replication and definition of AIDS included. Pages 2 to 3 discuss sexual, blood borne and perinatal transmission of the virus. End of page 3 discusses "Groups at High Risk" and "H.I.V. Blood Test and who should be screened". Page 4 refers to "Prerequisites for Testing"; informed consent, confidentiality, and counselling. Also includes best-practice guidance and general guidelines about "Positive Test Counselling". Page 5 to 6 discusses "Outcome After Exposure" and includes some statistics and data tables. End of pages 6 to 8 deals with clinical and other manifestations of AIDS. Includes details about a variety of infections and cancers caused by AIDS-related immunosuppression, such as: Pneumonia, Cryptococcal Meningitis, Toxoplasmosis, Cryptosporidiosis, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Cytomegalovirus, Kaposi Sarcoma. Pages 9 to 10 provides information about "Nursing care management of AIDS Patients". States that: "The diagnosis of AIDS is a death sentence." Page 10 covers "General Nursing Guidelines", prevention of transmission and drug abusers. Page 11 discusses "Health Education" and notes "Africa is a major problem where there are 5 million sero-positive mostly in the heterosexual population." Conclusion references "Dr. Donald P. Francis from a paper in J.A.M.A [The Journal of the American Medical Association] published March 13, 1987, who said: "The combined use of education - motivation - skill building, serologic screening and contact tracing/notification could eliminate or substantially reduce transmission." Also references what the Irish Bishops say: "The only reliable safeguard against contracting the virus by sexual means is through faithfulness to ones partner in marriage and self denial outside of marriage." Recommended reading and references included at the end.

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