Language tips – terms to avoid and preferred terms
... Be specific – and be accurate. Don’t over generalise or sensationalise. HIV and AIDS are related, but different. HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. HIV is a virus that attacks vital cells in the body’s immune system – specifically the CD4 cells responsible for fighting infection. AIDS stan ...
... Be specific – and be accurate. Don’t over generalise or sensationalise. HIV and AIDS are related, but different. HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. HIV is a virus that attacks vital cells in the body’s immune system – specifically the CD4 cells responsible for fighting infection. AIDS stan ...
HIV-AIDs - Schoolwide
... a stigma of only being a disease that gay men caught. This severely contributed to the already present homophobia in the United States. HIV/AIDS is often spread through the use of unclean or shared needles by drug injectors. It is estimated that in the United States 50,000 people every year contract ...
... a stigma of only being a disease that gay men caught. This severely contributed to the already present homophobia in the United States. HIV/AIDS is often spread through the use of unclean or shared needles by drug injectors. It is estimated that in the United States 50,000 people every year contract ...
investigational new drugs for rare disease therapies
... diseases should be different from those used for common diseases. In other words, adherence to the dictum “rare disease patients deserve the same protections that other individuals enjoy” may actually do more harm than good when a new treatment promises some therapeutic benefit. Currently, investigat ...
... diseases should be different from those used for common diseases. In other words, adherence to the dictum “rare disease patients deserve the same protections that other individuals enjoy” may actually do more harm than good when a new treatment promises some therapeutic benefit. Currently, investigat ...
Medical management of children with HIV infection
... HIV-infected children and their mothers should receive their health and social care "under one roof," but this usually is not the case. Both the natural mother and foster care families need access to respite care, day care, and hospice services. In many cases, the health care team is the only suppor ...
... HIV-infected children and their mothers should receive their health and social care "under one roof," but this usually is not the case. Both the natural mother and foster care families need access to respite care, day care, and hospice services. In many cases, the health care team is the only suppor ...
Abstracts
... 2. Sexual Meanings and HIV among Latino Gay and Bisexual Men Epidemics do not exist in a vacuum and structural and cultural factors can be more significant to the burden of disease of a population than the disease’s pathogens. Sexual stigma and discrimination are considered social determinants becau ...
... 2. Sexual Meanings and HIV among Latino Gay and Bisexual Men Epidemics do not exist in a vacuum and structural and cultural factors can be more significant to the burden of disease of a population than the disease’s pathogens. Sexual stigma and discrimination are considered social determinants becau ...
DigsFish Letter May 2017 - Right of reply doc
... I understand that during the course of hearings relating to proposals to relocate salmon farms in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand, assertions have been made that I was unaware of continued mortalities at both the Waihinau and Ruakaka farms, in particular over the years since 2014. I understand t ...
... I understand that during the course of hearings relating to proposals to relocate salmon farms in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand, assertions have been made that I was unaware of continued mortalities at both the Waihinau and Ruakaka farms, in particular over the years since 2014. I understand t ...
Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica
... This special issue of Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica (EIMC) has been developed to make available to the medical community involved in the clinical care of infections affecting solid organ transplant recipients the knowledge produced over many years by a large number of Spanish clin ...
... This special issue of Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica (EIMC) has been developed to make available to the medical community involved in the clinical care of infections affecting solid organ transplant recipients the knowledge produced over many years by a large number of Spanish clin ...
Communicable Disease Report 2003
... insects such as fleas, mosquitoes, midges and sandflies transmit these diseases and often act as a site where the infectious organism can multiply or complete part of its lifecycle. Although some insect born diseases can be transmitted from person to person or through blood, this is not their main m ...
... insects such as fleas, mosquitoes, midges and sandflies transmit these diseases and often act as a site where the infectious organism can multiply or complete part of its lifecycle. Although some insect born diseases can be transmitted from person to person or through blood, this is not their main m ...
Infectious disease, social determinants and the need
... microbes and SDOH. The burden of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is associated with inadequate housing and poverty (14,15). Even the burden of HIV/AIDS—who gets it and how well they respond to treatment—is related to SDOH. For example, people ...
... microbes and SDOH. The burden of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is associated with inadequate housing and poverty (14,15). Even the burden of HIV/AIDS—who gets it and how well they respond to treatment—is related to SDOH. For example, people ...
Infectious Disease Outbreaks
... international outbreaks of contagious, potentially deadly diseases for which vaccines are not yet available. Ebola spread so rapidly in parts of Africa—and its effects are so dramatic—that many Americans are understandably frightened that isolated cases in this country could turn into a more wides ...
... international outbreaks of contagious, potentially deadly diseases for which vaccines are not yet available. Ebola spread so rapidly in parts of Africa—and its effects are so dramatic—that many Americans are understandably frightened that isolated cases in this country could turn into a more wides ...
Action following a potential exposure incident
... A negative antibody test does not exclude infection acquired within the previous 3 months Post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) PEP should be ideally started within 1 hour of the injury, and certainly within 72 hours If there is a delay in obtaining information about the HIV status of the source pat ...
... A negative antibody test does not exclude infection acquired within the previous 3 months Post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) PEP should be ideally started within 1 hour of the injury, and certainly within 72 hours If there is a delay in obtaining information about the HIV status of the source pat ...
Jenkin_TB_PBL
... • When infected with M Tuberculosis, but do not have active tuberculosis disease. • Patients are not infectious. • TB infections in Australia are predominantly due to reactivation of latent infection in people who were previously infected in their countries of birth or during their childhood when TB ...
... • When infected with M Tuberculosis, but do not have active tuberculosis disease. • Patients are not infectious. • TB infections in Australia are predominantly due to reactivation of latent infection in people who were previously infected in their countries of birth or during their childhood when TB ...
First Clinic Visit
... Speaking clearly and simply at a level the client can understand • Encouraging patient to ask questions • Building rapport ...
... Speaking clearly and simply at a level the client can understand • Encouraging patient to ask questions • Building rapport ...
Executive summary - WHO archives
... depression and cancers, therapeutic advances in Europe will benefit people in countries throughout the world. In time, diseases such as osteoarthritis and Alzheimer disease (AD) will become more prevalent in developing countries as life expectancy increases, and closing these pharmaceutical gaps wil ...
... depression and cancers, therapeutic advances in Europe will benefit people in countries throughout the world. In time, diseases such as osteoarthritis and Alzheimer disease (AD) will become more prevalent in developing countries as life expectancy increases, and closing these pharmaceutical gaps wil ...
Bloodborne Infectious Diseases Policies
... have demonstrated that there is an unidentified factor in human saliva that appears to inactivate HIV. In addition to saliva, dental health care workers are routinely exposed to blood, some of which may contain HIV. Although the occupational risk for contracting HIV is low for dental hygiene personn ...
... have demonstrated that there is an unidentified factor in human saliva that appears to inactivate HIV. In addition to saliva, dental health care workers are routinely exposed to blood, some of which may contain HIV. Although the occupational risk for contracting HIV is low for dental hygiene personn ...
Human Rights Council Federal Republic of Germany Hareena Kaur
... survivors, including prevention of further disease and emotional health, are of utmost concern. In recent times, Germany has experienced a measles epidemic, with hundreds of new cases being reported. Germany believes that standard procedures must be in place to tackle outbreaks like these, and manag ...
... survivors, including prevention of further disease and emotional health, are of utmost concern. In recent times, Germany has experienced a measles epidemic, with hundreds of new cases being reported. Germany believes that standard procedures must be in place to tackle outbreaks like these, and manag ...
Neuro complications of HIV Powepoint Presentation
... IDP, and it’s more severe cousin GullainBarre Syndrome sometimes occur acutely in otherwise well HIV+ patients, or in HIV+ patients with advanced disease. Seems to be some sort of auto-immune response that attacks the myelins sheath – mechanism is poorly understood Treated with IVIg ...
... IDP, and it’s more severe cousin GullainBarre Syndrome sometimes occur acutely in otherwise well HIV+ patients, or in HIV+ patients with advanced disease. Seems to be some sort of auto-immune response that attacks the myelins sheath – mechanism is poorly understood Treated with IVIg ...
(PDF)
... SUMMARY OF DATA The HIV epidemic in Minnesota is driven by sexual exposure. Among men, MSM represent the primary mode of exposure. Among females, heterosexual contact accounts for the vast majority of living and new cases. The HIV epidemic in Minnesota affects racial and ethnic minorities disproport ...
... SUMMARY OF DATA The HIV epidemic in Minnesota is driven by sexual exposure. Among men, MSM represent the primary mode of exposure. Among females, heterosexual contact accounts for the vast majority of living and new cases. The HIV epidemic in Minnesota affects racial and ethnic minorities disproport ...
The human immunodeficiency virus
... is called antiretroviral therapy or ART. If taken the right way, every day, ART can dramatically prolong the lives of many people infected with HIV, keep them healthy, and greatly lower their chance of infecting others. Before the introduction of ART in the mid-1990s, people with HIV could progress ...
... is called antiretroviral therapy or ART. If taken the right way, every day, ART can dramatically prolong the lives of many people infected with HIV, keep them healthy, and greatly lower their chance of infecting others. Before the introduction of ART in the mid-1990s, people with HIV could progress ...
Opportunistic infections
... the Global Price Reporting Mechanism online database, published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on behalf of the partners in the AIDS Medicines and Diagnostics Services (http://www.who.int/ hiv/amds/gprm /en/index.html), and in the International Drug Price Indicator Guide, published regularly ...
... the Global Price Reporting Mechanism online database, published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on behalf of the partners in the AIDS Medicines and Diagnostics Services (http://www.who.int/ hiv/amds/gprm /en/index.html), and in the International Drug Price Indicator Guide, published regularly ...