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This 39 page paper is an in-depth look at the problems faced by orphans who have lost their parents as a result of AIDS. The paper starts with an introduction outlining the purpose of the study and the contents. The paper is written in chapters examining the virus and its' prevalence, then looking at orphans who are HIV positive, the changes the high death rate is causing in the social structures, the physical and mental impact of the situation on the orphans and the policies an actions which are in place. The bibliography cites 47 sources.
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37 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TS14_TEaidshiva.rtf
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Symptoms 10 2.3 Current Research into Vaccines 12 2.4 HIV and AIDs in Pregnancy and the Creation of Orphans 13 2.5 The Level of Orphans 15 3. ORPHANS WITH HIV/AIDS 18 4. THE IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS ON THE STRUCTURE OF
SOCIETY 22 4.1 Changes in the Population Structure 22 4.2 The Impact of the Changes on the Social Structure 24 5. THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL IMPACT OF THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC ON ORPHANS 28 5.1 Impact on Living
Conditions 29 5.2 Physical Health 30 5.3 Impact on Education 34 5.4 Mental Health 35 6. POLICIES AND ACTIONS 37 REFERENCES 39
1. Introduction
HIV, human immunodeficiency virus, is a virus that is spread though the exchange of bodily fluids, often through sexual activity, but it can
also be passed from mother to child. HIV is the condition that will lead to AIDS; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. This is a condition for which there is no cure, and
for most countries in sub-Sahara Africa the treatment to prolong life can be very costly. AIDS shortens the life span of a sufferer by weakening attacking the lymphocytes T Cells1.
These are the cells that will usually those that fight infection, when they are impaired infections are more able to take hold and will eventually lead to death (Weiss, 2000).
There are different variations of the HIV/AIDS virus; HIV-1 and HIV-2 are the main categories for which there are also subcategories, HIV -2 is the most virulent and also leads
to the lower survival times, it is this form that is common in Sub-Sahara Africa. The way HIV/AIDS is being dealt with in Sub-Sahara Africa is important in the
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