AIDS is an acronym for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and is defined as a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the depletion of the immune system caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus, commonly called HIV (Marx et al., 1982). Although treatments for both AIDS and HIV exist to slow the virus' progression in a human patient, there is no known cure. The rate of clinical disease progression varies widely between individuals and has b ...

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• AIDS - Infection by HIV
• AIDS - Symptomology
• AIDS - AIDS and HIV case definitions
• AIDS - Clinical symptoms of AIDS
• AIDS - Transmission
• AIDS - Prevention
• AIDS - Prevention of sexual transmission of HIV
• AIDS - Prevention of blood or blood product route of HIV transmission
• AIDS - Mother to child transmission
• AIDS - Treatment
• AIDS - Alternative medicine
• AIDS - HIV test
• AIDS - Epidemiology
• AIDS - Origin of HIV/AIDS
• AIDS - Alternative theories
• AIDS - AIDS News

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Development aid (also development assistance, international aid, overseas aid or - especially in the US - foreign aid) is aid given by developed countries to support economic development in developing countries. It is distinguished from humanitarian aid as being aimed at alleviating poverty in the long term, rather than alleviating suffering in the short term. The term "development aid" is often used to refer specifically to Official Development Assistance (ODA), which is aid given by governments on ...

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The diverse transmission routes of HIV are well-known and established. Also well-known is how to prevent transmission of HIV. However, recent epidemiological and behavioral studies in Europe and North America have suggested that a substantial minority of young people continue to engage in high-risk practices and that despite HIV/AIDS knowledge, young people underestimate their own risk of becoming infected with HIV.[45] However, transmission of HIV between intravenous drug users has clearly decreased, and HIV transmission by blood transfusion has become ...

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The diverse transmission routes of HIV are well-known and established. Also well-known is how to prevent transmission of HIV. However, recent epidemiological and behavioral studies in Europe and North America have suggested that a substantial minority of young people continue to engage in high-risk practices and that despite HIV/AIDS knowledge, young people underestimate their own risk of becoming infected with HIV (Dias et al., 2005). However, transmission of HIV between intravenous drug users has clearly decreased and HIV transmission by blood transfusion has become almost obsolete in this population. AIDS - Prevention of ...

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AIDS, AIDS - Infection by HIV, AIDS - Symptomology, AIDS - AIDS and HIV case definitions, AIDS - Clinical symptoms of AIDS, AIDS - Transmission, AIDS - Prevention, AIDS - Prevention of sexual transmission of HIV, AIDS - Prevention of blood or blood product route of HIV transmission, AIDS - Mother to child transmission, AIDS - Treatment, AIDS - Alternative medicine, AIDS - HIV test, AIDS - Epidemiology, AIDS - Origin of HIV/AIDS, AIDS - Alternative theories, AIDS - AIDS News

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The symptoms of AIDS are primarily the result of conditions that do not normally develop in individuals with healthy immune systems. Most of these conditions are infections caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites that are normally controlled by the elements of the immune system that HIV damages. Opportunistic infections are common in people with AIDS [18]. Nearly every organ system is affected. People with AIDS also have an increased risk of developing various cancers such as Kaposi sarcoma, cervical cancer a ...

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AIDS, AIDS - Infection by HIV, AIDS - Diagnosis, AIDS - AIDS and HIV case definitions, AIDS - HIV test, AIDS - Symptoms and Complications, AIDS - The major pulmonary illnesses, AIDS - The major gastro-intestinal illnesses, AIDS - The major neurological illnesses, AIDS - The major HIV-associated malignancies, AIDS - Other opportunistic infections, AIDS - Transmission, AIDS - Prevention, AIDS - Prevention of sexual transmission of HIV, AIDS - Prevention of blood or blood product route of HIV transmission, AIDS - Mother to child transmission, AIDS - Treatment, AIDS - Alternative medicine, AIDS - Epidemiology, AIDS - Origin of HIV/AIDS, AIDS - Alternative theories, AIDS - AIDS News

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Category: HIV/AIDS Other related archives1982, 2003, 2004, 2005, BBC, HIV/AIDS, July 22, July 25, July 26, July 5, July 7, June 18, June 20, Lancet, November 23, October 9, UNAIDS, UNICEF, WHO

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A United States HIV/AIDS Memorial Museum, to be located in Newark, New Jersey, is being planned for opening in 2006. The project was first researched and developed by Ashley Grosso, a student at Seton Hall University (located in South Orange, NJ). Other members of the Seton Hall University community and other organizations, such as Gay Men's Health Crisis in New York City, will collaborate to develop the museum. The mission statement of the organization is: "The AIDS Museum will be America’s national institution ...

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• AIDS Museum - External link

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The HIV/AIDS epidemics spreading through the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa are highly varied. Although it is not correct to speak of a single African epidemic, Africa is without doubt the region most affected by the virus. Inhabited by just 10% of the world's population, Africa is estimated to have more than 60% of the AIDS-infected population. AIDS in Africa - General overview. HIV prevalence is stable throughout most of Sub-Saharan Africa, is still rising in a few countries such as Madagascar and ...

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• AIDS in Africa - General overview
• AIDS in Africa - Measuring the epidemic
• AIDS in Africa - Access to treatment
• AIDS in Africa - Regional analysis
• AIDS in Africa - East-central Africa
• AIDS in Africa - West Africa
• AIDS in Africa - Southern Africa

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Aid climbing is a style of climbing in which fixed or placed protection is used to make upward progress. In the Yosemite Decimal System used in the US, it is sometimes called "6th class" climbing. The term contrasts with free climbing in which no artificial aids are used to make progress, just the climber's hands and feet. Aid climbing places less emphasis on athletic fitness and physical strength but more on technical skill. Aid climbing - Technique. In a typical ascent with aid the climber ...

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• Aid climbing - History

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The AIDS reappraisal movement (or AIDS dissident movement) is a loosely-connected group of activists, journalists, citizens, scientists, researchers, and doctors who deny, challenge, or question, in various ways, the prevailing scientific consensus that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the sole cause of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Their challenges often take one or more of the following forms: HIV does not exist HIV is a harmless retrovirus HIV does exist, and might ...

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• AIDS reappraisal - Terminology
• AIDS reappraisal - Arguments by dissidents
• AIDS reappraisal - Claim: HIV does not exist
• AIDS reappraisal - Claim: AIDS does not fulfill Koch's postulates for infectious disease
• AIDS reappraisal - Claim: AIDS does not behave like an infectious disease
• AIDS reappraisal - Claim: HIV is harmless
• AIDS reappraisal - Claim: AIDS is inconsistently defined
• AIDS reappraisal - Claim: HIV testing is unreliable
• AIDS reappraisal - A brief history of the dissident movement
• AIDS reappraisal - Quotations

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First aid is the immediate and temporary aid provided to a sick or injured person until medical treatment can be provided. It generally consists of series of simple, life-saving medical techniques that a non-doctor or layman can be trained to perform with minimal equipment. First aid - History. The Knights Hospitaller were probably the first to specialize in battlefield care for the wounded. St. John Ambulance was formed in 1877 to teach first aid (a term devised by the order) in large railway centres and m ...

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• First aid - History
• First aid - Training
• First aid - Basic First Aid
• First aid - Survey the scene
• First aid - Survey the patient
• First aid - Call for emergency services
• First aid - Do a secondary survey and begin extended care
• First aid - Wilderness or mass emergency First Aid
• First aid - Conditions that often require first aid
• First aid - Providing first aid
• First aid - Techniques and procedures of first aid

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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has killed more than 25 million people since it was first recognized in 1981, making it one of the most destructive epidemics in recorded history. Despite recent, improved access to antiretroviral treatment and care in many regions of the world, the AIDS epidemic claimed 3.1 million (between 2.8 and 3.6 million) lives in 2005 of which, more than half a million (570,000) were children. UNAIDS and the WHO estimate that the total number of people living with the human immunodefic ...

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• AIDS pandemic - An overview of the problem
• AIDS pandemic - Global campaign
• AIDS pandemic - Sub-Saharan Africa
• AIDS pandemic - Middle East and North Africa
• AIDS pandemic - South and South-East Asia
• AIDS pandemic - East Asia
• AIDS pandemic - Latin America
• AIDS pandemic - Caribbean
• AIDS pandemic - Eastern Europe and Central Asia
• AIDS pandemic - Western Europe
• AIDS pandemic - North America
• AIDS pandemic - Oceania

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World AIDS Day, observed December 1 each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the global AIDS epidemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. December 1 was chosen because the first case of AIDS was diagnosed on this day in 1981. Since then, AIDS has killed more than 25 million people, making it one of the most destructive epidemics in recorded history. Despite recent, improved access to antiretroviral treatment and care in many regions of the world, the AIDS epidemic claimed an estimated 3.1 million (between 2.8 and 3.6 million) lives in 2005 of whi ...

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BAND-AID is the registered trademark of Johnson & Johnson for their adhesive bandages used to cover small wounds. However, much of the consuming public in the United States, Canada and Australia uses the term band-aid generically, to refer to any such adhesive bandages (see genericized trademark). Such bandages are better known in many parts of the world as an 'adhesive plaster' or a 'sticking plaster'. BAND-AID - History. A Johnson & Johnson employee named Earle Dickson is credited w ...

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• BAND-AID - History
• BAND-AID - External link

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AIDS is thought to have originated in sub-Saharan Africa during the twentieth century. Two species of HIV infect humans: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is more virulent and more easily transmitted. HIV-1 is the source of the majority of HIV infections throughout the world, while HIV-2 is less easily transmitted and is largely confined to West Africa. [1] Both species of the virus (HIV-1 and HIV-2) are believed to have originated in West-Central Africa and jumped species (zoonosis) from primates to humans. HIV-1 evolved from a Simian Im ...

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Animal Aid is the United Kingdom's second largest animal rights group and one of the longest established in the world, having been founded in 1977. Animal Aid campaigns peacefully against all forms of animal abuse and promotes a cruelty-free lifestyle. The emphasis on peace in campaigning has always been important to Animal Aid. The group investigates and exposes animal cruelty, and their undercover investigations and other evidence are often used by the ...

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• Animal Aid - Living without cruelty

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Band Aid is a British and Irish charity supergroup founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia by releasing a record Do They Know It's Christmas? for the Christmas market. The single surpassed the hopes of the producers to become the Christmas number one on that release and on two subsequent releases. It was produced by Trevor Horn. Band Aid band - Background. The name "Band Aid" was chosen because it had a double meaning. At one lev ...

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• Band Aid band - Background
• Band Aid band - Releases
• Band Aid band - Original Band Aid
• Band Aid band - Chronology 1984
• Band Aid band - Participants
• Band Aid band - Band Aid II
• Band Aid band - Participants
• Band Aid band - Band Aid 20
• Band Aid band - Participants
• Band Aid band - Who sings what on each version
• Band Aid band - The lyrics
• Band Aid band - 1984 Musicians
• Band Aid band - 1989 Musicians
• Band Aid band - 2004 Musicians
• Band Aid band - Related Projects
• Band Aid band - Parodies
• Band Aid band - A Critical Perspective
• Band Aid band - Trivia

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In the early 1980s, doctors in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco began seeing young men with Kaposi's Sarcoma, a cancer usually associated with elderly men of Mediterranean ethnicity. Eventually these men died. These men were gay, or at least had sex with other men. As the realization that men who had sex with men were dying of an otherwise rare cancer began to spread throughout the medical communities, the syndrome began to be called by the colloquialism "gay cancer". As medical scientists discovered that the syndrome inc ...

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• AIDS in the United States - History
• AIDS in the United States - Public perception
• AIDS in the United States - Current status

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Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of a wide range of computer-based tools that assist engineers, architects and other design professionals in their design activities. It is the main geometry authoring tool within the Product Lifecycle Management process and involves both software and sometimes special-purpose hardware. Current packages range from 2D vector based drafting systems to 3D parametric surface and solid design modellers. CAD is sometimes translated as "computer-assisted", "computer-aided drafting", or a si ...

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• Computer-aided design - Introduction
• Computer-aided design - Fields of use
• Computer-aided design - Architecture
• Computer-aided design - Mechanical
• Computer-aided design - Electrical and electronic
• Computer-aided design - Manufacturing process planning
• Computer-aided design - History
• Computer-aided design - Software providers today
• Computer-aided design - Capabilities
• Computer-aided design - Software technologies
• Computer-aided design - Hardware and OS technologies

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