Last time I gave a pseudonym to a young patient so I could refer to him easily, he died, making me reluctant to name my young friend. But she is the same 14yo with HIV and TB that I refer to in my previous entry “Observations of Poverty”. She has been with us for the … More The Anguish of AIDS
Choose a myth that you can imagine circulating in your own community, imagine that you have just overheard a conversation in which someone was repeating that myth, and write out a “script” that you might use in helping to clear things up. “HIV was introduced into the human population by Africans who had sex with … More Myths Abound
Discuss the prevalence of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. With all of the publicity around AIDS in Africa, whilst the numbers are certainly shattering, it was very surprising to learn that only 2.8% (24 million people) of the total population of Africa’s 850 million people, are HIV positive [1]. Most of these live n Sub-Saharan Africa, … More Epidemiology of HIV in Africa
I’m studying at the moment, so my writings are essays, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t from the heart, and they are (to my mind at least) interesting. Essay 1: What are the most significant factors that contributed to HIV/AIDS becoming a global problem? The first people to become infected with the HIV-1(M) virus, which … More Some HIV Stuff
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