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Mauda Monger MPH Director Health Education AETC Division of Infectious Diseases University of Mississippi Medical Center Define HIVAIDS Epidemiology Overview Who is at Risk How is it transmitted. Despite this signi64257cant progress the number of children becoming newly infected with HIV remains unacceptably high About 240 000 210 000280 000 children became infected with HIV in 2013 The risk of a mother living with HIV passing the virus to h What should I do Get tested 57346e only way to know if youre infected with the virus is to get an HIV test Soon after infection with HIV a person may have 57349ulike symptoms But HIV infection isnt diagnosed on the basis of symptoms Getting tested i . HCV . testing and treatment. Lorenzo McFarland, DHA, MPH, MSW, PMP. USAF/Ret E-7 - Senior Program Manager. HIV, Hepatitis, and Related Conditions Program. Office of Specialty Care Services. Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Policy and Planning. Two Strains. HIV-1. HIV-2. Kills special blood cells that help fight off infections. CD4 . Virus that can lead to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. AIDS. Final stage of infection by the HIV virus. AIDS- Acquired . I. mmune . D. eficiency Syndrome, is a serious viral disease that destroys the body’s immune . system. HIV-The virus (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) that causes AIDS.. Of the 40,000 new HIV infections each year, half of those occur in people younger than 25 years old. . H. uman. . I. mmunodeficiency. . V. irus. A . virus spread through body fluids that affects specific cells of the immune system, called CD4 cells, or T . cells. A virus that kills . the body’s CD4 cells . Dr. . Aditya. . Agarwal. Clinical Fellow. Indraprastha. Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India. Introduction. Human . immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has become a global . pandemic.. According to recent UN report,. Justin Kerr, RN, MS, PMHNP-BC. “Mental . health is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his . Page 2 of 8 5. These components each bring together numerous activities. They range from two large nationwide training programmes, one in prevention and the second in support, to small but no less imp WORLD AIDS DAY 2015. Content. Covenant. Praise the Source of Faith and Learning . by . Professor Thomas H. . Troeger. Statistical . Data. • The Numbers of People Living with HIV/AIDS. • The Top Ten Countries with . HPA 310. Final Project. Does HIV mean . Someone has. . AIDS?. The . terms “. HIV. ” and “. AIDS. ” can be confusing because both terms refer to the same disease. .. -. HIV . refers to the virus itself. . Supporting people who are living with HIV. Preventing others from getting HIV. Achieving. Together. A Community Plan to End the HIV Epidemic in Texas. Prevent HIV Transmission and Acquisition. Increase Viral Suppression. Lene Ryom. MD PhD. CHIP, Center of Excellence for Health, Immunity & Infections, Rigshospitalet, . Copenhagen, Denmark. Lene Ryom. Co-morbidities. in PLWH: Host . or. HIV . Associated. Nothing to disclose. Pieniazek D, Janini LM, Ramos A, Tanuri A, Schechter M, Peralta JM, et al. HIV-1 Patients May Harbor Viruses of Different Phylogenetic Subtypes: Implications for the Evolution of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic. Emerg Infect Dis. 1995;1(3):86-88. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0103.950303.