The Global Spread of HIV. This month, the Journal highlights the global HIV epidemic. By the end of , 40 million people worldwide were living with HIV, the overwhelming majority of them— million—in sub-Saharan Africa, according to statistics compiled by UNAIDS and available at [HOST] Nonetheless, abrupt spikes in HIV Nurses play key role in prevention of HIV/AIDS by significant functions such as health education to youths, high risk groups and eligible couples and prophylaxis How HIV is transmitted. HIV is not passed on easily from one person to another. The virus does not spread through the air like cold and flu viruses. HIV lives in the blood and in Criminal transmission of HIV is the intentional or reckless infection of a person with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This is often conflated, in laws and in discussion, with criminal exposure to HIV, which does not require the transmission of the virus and often, as in the cases of spitting and biting, does not include a realistic To improve linkage and retention along the prevention and care continua, researchers have developed HIV prevention interventions in four key areas: behavioral-, technological-, A nurse takes a blood sample from a child to test for HIV in Minna, Niger state, in Nigeria./ Gwenn Dubourthoumieu for USAID. N urses account for nearly half of the million health workers
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INTRODUCTION. This brief considers role of the nurse in the HIV prevention and care in the black African community. The document considers empirical literature from academic, governmental, and other sources. It is argued that the available evidence is too scant to warrant conclusive inferences about the role of nurses in HIV care and management The Basic HIV Course for Health Care Professionals is designed to equip health care professionals with the knowledge necessary to initiate and manage patients on ART. The interactive online curriculum consists of seven modules, which focus on diagnosis, care, treatment, and management of HIV, TB and STI patients Towards Zero: the HIV Action Plan for England - to The plan sets out how we will achieve an 80% reduction in new HIV infections in England by We identified four themes: building a therapeutic relationship with PLWH as a foundation of HIV nursing care; nursing activities to support PLWH with ART adherence;
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Symptoms. Causes. Diagnosis. Treatment. Living with. Prevention. There are many effective ways to prevent or reduce the risk of HIV infection. Speak to your local sexual HIV can be transmitted from infected body fluids: Through sexual activity — through vaginal, anal, or oral sex (especially in the presence of oral disease such as ulceration HIV and AIDS counselling has two general aims: (1) the prevention of HIV transmission and (2) the support of those affected directly and indirectly by HIV. It is vital that HIV counselling should have these dual aims because the spread of HIV can be prevented by changes in behaviour. One to one prevention counselling has a particular Using separate equipment, such as food bowls and thermometers, for each patient. wearing a disposable gown, gloves, mask and shoe covers/foot bath when nursing patients. keeping the patient’s waste and used bedding separate to that for general use. soaking equipment in disinfectant at the required dilution and contact time after being used Increased maternal RNA viral load in plasma and breast milk is strongly associated with increased risk of transmission through breast-feeding. High levels of virus in plasma, and probably also in breast milk, are seen in primary HIV infection, when the rate of postnatal transmission has been estimated to be nearly 30%. 6 In a study in Kenya HIV is spread in bodily fluids: blood, semen, vaginal secretions and anal mucus. The virus is most commonly passed from one person to another during unprotected anal or vaginal sex. Unprotected sex means sex without a condom. It can also be passed on by sharing sex toys or during oral sex