Aids and Development in Africa

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1. Slide 1: AIDs and De ve lo pme nt How h a s th e AIDs e pide m ic s pre a d ove r tim e ? - Wh e re h a s it s pre a d to? - How is it b e ing s pre a d? - Is th e dis trib ution re la te d to de ve lopm e nt?
2. Slide 2: Wh e re did HIV/AIDs c om e from ? It is now th oug h t th a t HIV orig ina te d a s a virus in Afric a n C h im pa nz e e s , a nd s pre a d to h um a ns th roug h a b ite , or b y h unte rs e a ting infe c te d c h im pa nz e e mea t
3. Slide 3: Th e e a rlie s t s a m ple s we re from : • A b lood s a m ple ta ke n in 19 59 from a n a dult m a le living in wh a t is now th e De m oc ra tic R e pub lic o f C ong o. • HIV found in tis s ue s a m ple s fro m a n Am e ric a n te e na g e r wh o die d in S t. Louis in 1969. • HIV found in tis s ue s a m ple s fro m a Norwe g ia n s a ilor wh o die d a round 1976
4. Slide 4: Wh e re did th e y firs t dia g nos e AIDs ? Ka pos i’s S a rc oma P ne umoc ys tis c a rinii - a ra re form of pne umonia (P CP ) - a c a nc e r a nd ra re form of pne umonia - - we re ide ntifie d in s e ve ra l young , h omos e xua l me n, in th e US A in 1981 Th e dis e a s e wa s firs t c a lle d G R ID (G a y-R e la te d Immune De fic ie nc y)
5. Slide 5: S o wh a t do yo u th in k wa s a b ig mis c o nc e ptio n a b o u t HIV/ AIDs , e s p e c ia lly e a rly o n in th e d is e a s e ’s h is to ry? Do yo u th in k th is m is c o n c e ptio n s ta lle d th e s p re a d o f th e e pid e m ic ?
6. Slide 6: Patte rn 1 Co untries - S pre a d mos t in th e la te 1970s , ma inly a mong h omos e xua l, bis e xua l a nd intra ve nous drug us e rs . He te ros e xua l s pre a d is s lowly inc re a s ing Patte rn 2 Co untrie s - S pre a d quic kly from la te 1970s - toda y, ma inly by h e te ros e xua l c onta c t a nd from moth e rs to ba bie s Patte rn 3 Co untries - S pre a d from la te 1980s - toda y, ma inly by tra ve lle rs a nd importe d infe c te d blood produc ts
7. Slide 7: Adults and children estimated to be living with HIV as of end 2005 We ste rn & Central Eas tern Europe Europe & Central Asia North Americ a 720 000 1.6 million [990 000 – 2.3 million] 1.2 million [570 000 – 890 000] Eas t Asia [650 000 – 1.8 million] 870 000 North Africa & Middle East [440 000 – 1.4 million] Caribbe an 300 000 510 000 [230 000 – 1.4 million] South & South-East Asia [200 000 – 510 000] 7.4 million Sub-Sahara n Afri ca [4.5 – 11.0 million] Latin America 25.8 million Oceani a 1.8 million [23.8 – 28.9 million] 74 000 [1.4 – 2.4 million] [45 000 – 120 000] Total: 40.3 (36.7 – 45.3) million 00003-E-4 – Dec ember 2005
8. Slide 8: Inc re a s e s in HIV infe c tion a moung young pe ople from 1996 – 2001