Mitigation strategies - HIV/AIDS - Flashcards in A Level and IB Geography

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Where was it first identified?

USA in 1981

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What does it do?

Weakens the immune system, leaving those affected with little resistance to life-threatening diseases

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How many affected worldwide?

35 million - In 2013, 2.1 million new cases recorded and 1.5 million from AIDS

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What % of cases are concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa

70%

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The role of the UN

HIV/AIDS targeted as an MDG - aimed to half and reverse the spread of disease by 2015. Mostly achieved apart from the objective for universal access to treatment by 2010

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What was the number of new HIV infections reduced by?

33% in 2013 compared to 2001 levels

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Prevention

Aims to educated and increase understanding of HIV - how it's transmitted, the dangers of drug abuse via injection and contraception, promoting equality for groups most at risk (women and girls, gay men, migrants and refugees), male circumcision

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Diagnosis and treatment

Early diagnosis by screening for HIV in saliva and blood, reduces chances of developing into AIDS, 8 million currently receiving drug treatment

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