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| HIV and Development |
| AIDS is devastating in terms of creating and
deepening poverty, reversing achievements in education, and
diverting meagre health budgets away from other priorities.
And by cutting deep into all sectors of society, HIV/AIDS undermines
vital economic growth—perhaps reducing future GDP in Africa
by a third over the next 20 years. |
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| Clinical Management |
| The Clinical management of HIV infection and
AIDS is a part of comprehensive care for individuals affected
by the disease. In order to meet the total needs of persons
affected by the infection there are other facets of care like
nursing care, counseling and social support that have to be
taken into consideration. To help meet these varied needs the
concept of comprehensive HIV/AIDS care across a continuum is
advocated. |
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| Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) |
| Involvement of the private sector in the response to HIV/AIDS
is crucial to the success of any country’s efforts against
the epidemic. Businesses can mobilise support in various sectors,
give enhanced visibility to the campaign to help keep HIV/AIDS
on the international document, and engender a holistic robust
civil society response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The role of
corporate social responsibility and active involvement of the
private sector in the response to HIV/AIDS epidemic has been
gaining momentum in the region in the last few years. |
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| Empowerment of PLWHA |
| Today, it is internationally recognised that a crucial goal
and hallmark of HIV/AIDS advocacy is the meaningful involvement
of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in all aspects of programmatic
and policy related responses. During the early phase of the
HIV epidemic, PLWHA helped each other and drew support from
friends, family and sympathetic community members. |
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| Epidemiology |
Epidemiology is the study of how often diseases
occur in different groups of people and why. The findings of
epidemiological studies can be used to
- Plan programmes for control of diseases
- Plan programmes for the treatment of diseases and to
- Measure the effectiveness of the control programmes. |
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| HIV/AIDS at Workplace |
| Business needs people. People are needed to produce
goods or services. People are needed to manage business. And
the markets where businesses make their money is also about
people. |
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| Human Rights, Law and Ethics |
| Since HIV/AIDS is a problem that profoundly affects
most aspects of people's lives, it raises many social, economic,
and cultural issues that relate to human rights, ethics, and
law. Some focus on technical questions, such as the task of
designing ethical protocols for HIV-related research involving
human subjects. |
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| Injecting Drug Users |
| Injecting drug users inject drugs into veins.
Drug injecting is often a group activity among IDUs. The common
practice is to use the same syringe and needle for all the members
of the group. If one member of the group has HIV infection,
the infection would readily enter the other members. |
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| Mobility and Migration |
| Classical theories have reviewed migration as
a rational decision made by an individual to move from a less
advantageous situation, to a more advantageous one after weighing
risks and benefits. Recent analysis of the trends in the South
Asia region have recognized that migration generally results
from the decision making of collectives such as families or
households. |
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| Sexually Transmitted Infections |
| Sexually Transmitted Infections, as the name
indicates are infections predominantly transmitted through the
sexual route. They are also referred to as Sexually Transmitted
Diseases (STIs). |
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| Trafficking |
| Trafficking has turned into a big business; according
to the CRS, trafficking in people represents the third largest
source of profits for organized crime after drugs and guns,
generating billions of dollars each year. Organized crime groups
operating within and across borders often run trafficking networks.
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| Voluntary Counselling and
Testing |
| HIV counselling has both prevention and care
as its objectives. It concentrates on emotional, behavioral,
and social issues related to possible or actual infection with
HIV. In essence, counselling is a confidential dialogue between
a client (in counselling, the word "client" is preferred
to "patient") and a counselor, aimed at enabling the
client to cope with stress and take personal decisions related
to HIV/AIDS. |
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