The bias to AIDS patients and conservative traditions of Chinese culture conceal people's acceptance of AIDS as a social issue, delayed the treatment and facilitated its transmission. Eventually, not only HIV carriers and AIDS patients suffered, everybody in society is somehow involved.
AIDS is considered one of the highest health threats in the world today. Depending on where one stands relative to the poverty line, where one lives and what one's sexual orientation is, this threat is greater or lesser. Though where AIDS came from, the exact patient zero2, and many other questions about this virus's origin are still unanswered, the risk is blatantly obvious. The only way to protect one self is to be aware of the threat and to habitually use practices which lessen the risk of infection. There is no cure for AIDS, only prevention.
Explores the disease AIDS. Describes how it is spread and how it can be prevented. Examines current research on the disease and details the results of a survey of young people.
Describes how a disparity in funding and research, religious beliefs, and politics plays a role in the number of people affected by HIV/AIDS in developed and developing countries.
Explains the AIDS virus. Describes the various stages of infection. Explores the effects of AIDS on the American culture. Debunks common myths about the disease.
AIDS affects 43 million people worldwide and has already killed 25 million. Recently a group of international scientists reported a major breakthrough in their research that could lead to a way to stop the spread of the fatal virus.
