Responses To Aids. 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryMedicine through time (OCR History A)GCSEOCR Created by: cieran_10Created on: 18-03-18 20:45 What is AIDS caused by? HIV. 1 of 26 What does the AIDS deteriorate in the body? The immune system. 2 of 26 Give two ways that AIDS can be spread. Unprotected sex and contaminarted needles. 3 of 26 Where and when was AIDS first recognised? In 1981 in California and New York. 4 of 26 Who did the syndrome affect firstly? (2.) Homosexual men and those who injected themselves whith illegal drugs. 5 of 26 By what had AIDS spread worldwide? 1982. 6 of 26 In what year was AIDS indenitified in women and children? 1983. 7 of 26 What two things did people, at the time, not know about the syndrome? How to prevent it and how to treat it. 8 of 26 Why did the British government not do anything for the prevention and treatment of AIDS initailly? As there was a lot of prejudice against the people that it MOSTLY affected. 9 of 26 When did the government set aside millions of pounds to help takcle the syndrome and why did they decide to do this? In 1985; the number of reported cases was rising. 10 of 26 What three things did the government's ADIS budget go towards? The promotion of contraception, safer-sex education and needle exchanges for drug users. 11 of 26 In what year did the government run the Don't aid AIDS campaign? In 1986. 12 of 26 When did the government launch the Don't Die of Ignorance leaflet campaign? In 1987. 13 of 26 How unsuccessful were the government campaigns that attempted to tackle the syndrome? They were actually successful. 14 of 26 What did the campaingns show Britain did? (2.) It showed (and accredited) that they reacted quikcer than other affected countries. 15 of 26 In what year did the government launch the TV campaign, which showed the word AIDS written across a tombstone? In 1987. 16 of 26 Since 1987, how many campaigns have there been against AIDS? Very few. 17 of 26 In what year were 6000 people diagnosed with HIV in Britain? In 2014. 18 of 26 In what year did the Pasteur Institute (France) discover that HIV caused AIDS? In 1983. 19 of 26 In what year was AZT (the first drug to tackel AIDS) approved? In 1987. 20 of 26 How affective was AZT? Quite effective. 21 of 26 What was the issue with AZT? The harmful side affects it caused. 22 of 26 In what year did combination drug therapy begin to be used to tackle AIDS? In 1992. 23 of 26 In what year was ART (a combination of new drugs) found to be effective at stopping the development of AIDS? In 1996. 24 of 26 Why was the British government slow to react to both the Spanish Influenza and AIDS? As they were unsure on how the disease spread. 25 of 26 What was the difference between the Spanish Flu campaigns and the AIDS campaigns? The AIDS campaigns were a lot less confused. 26 of 26
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