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New Vaginal Gel Reduces HIV Risk
Vaginal gel is the first aid which actively encourages women to take action and protect them from HIV virus.
South African scientists have tested a vaginal gel that reduces the transmission of HIV virus by almost 50 percent. Even though the most effective protection against AIDS is definitely a condom, many men throughout world still refuse to use it. Vaginal gel reduces the possibility of HIV transmission Vaginal gel contains a microbicide medicine or tenofovir which diminishes the risk of infection. Microbicide substances reduce the effect of microbes - viruses and...New Vaginal Gel Reduces HIV Risk
China’s Fight with HIV
The number of HIV positive people in China had increased considerably in the last two years. The numbers are huge – and so is the problem.
China's fight with HIV - The statistics Based on the Chinese Ministry of Health’s data, the number of people infected with the HIV virus drastically increased in the last two years. According to this data, 600.000 people were infected in 2006, and more than 700.000 in 2007. What also worries them is the 25% increase of syphilis infections between the years 2006 and 2007. Ministry of Health did not issue any information on other sexually transmitted diseases. Lack of sex...China’s Fight with HIV
People Infected With HIV Discriminated Against at Work
Many people infected with HIV lose their jobs when they speak out about their disease.
Infected with HIV? Better keep it to yourself! A British medical journal recently posted the information that people infected with HIV are often victims of discrimination at the workplace. Even more than that, they lose job after job because of the virus, despite being qualified to perform the tasks at hand. You can imagine that people infected with HIV have to struggle for survival every day because they cannot get a job. The researchers came to their findings...People Infected With HIV Discriminated Against at Work
What Is HIV and What Is AIDS?
Would you know how to explain what HIV and AIDS are?
What is HIV? HIV is an acronym which describes a virus for immune deficiency within humans (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). This is a lentivirus from the Retroviridae family. We know two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2, and there are several subtypes in each type. The earliest sample of the virus comes from 1959. What is AIDS? AIDS is an acronym which describes a syndrome of acquired immune deficiency (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). This is the final stage of the...What Is HIV and What Is AIDS?
