"No war on the face of the Earth is more destructive than the AIDS pandemic."

-- Colin Powell


 


Parliament and HIV/AIDS:
Unit 1: An Introduction to HIV/AIDS

 

 


Unit 1 Questions:

Please answer each of the following questions. If you are taking this course in a group you may then meet to discuss your answers.

    1. Currently, approximately how many people are infected with HIV/AIDS globally? How many are infected in sub-Saharan Africa and what accounts for such high rates of infection in the region?

    2. What is the distinction between HIV and AIDS?

    3. What are the common modes of transmission?

    4. What are some examples of prevention mechanisms?

    5. What technologies are available or are being developed for treatment?

     

    Select Bibliography:

    2008 Report on the global AIDS epidemic, UNAIDS, 2008

    AIDS Epidemic Update, UNAIDS, 2007

    Children and AIDS A Stocktaking Report: Actions and progress during the first year of Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS, UNAIDS, 2007.

    Country Responses: Regions, UNAIDS, 2008. 

    It’s Time to Act: A Peer-to-Peer Resource Guide, United Nations Association in Canada (UNAC), 2007.

    Middle East and North Africa AIDS epidemic update, Regional Summary, UNAIDS 2007

    Position Statement on Condoms and HIV Prevention, UNAIDS, 2004.

    Practical Guidelines for Intensifying Prevention: Towards Universal Access, UNAIDS, 2006.

    Statement: Antiretroviral Therapy and Sexual Transmission of HIV, UNAIDS, 2008. 

    Substantial increase in HIV prevention efforts producing results, but not enough to turn back the epidemic, UNAIDS, Press release July 2008

    United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS. Monitoring the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS: Guidelines on Construction of Core Indicators. 2008 Reporting. UNAIDS, 2007.

    Sub-Saharan Africa AIDS Epidemic Update, Regional Summary, UNAIDS, 2007

    WHO-UNAIDS HIV Vaccine Initiative: Mission, WHO/UNAIDS, 2008.


    Internet Resources

    http://unworkplace.unaids.org/UNAIDS/basics/what_is_hiv.shtml#A

    www.aidsmaps.com

    www.gatesfoundation.org

    www.kff.org/hivaids/index.cfm

    www.unaids.org/en/

    www.unaids.org/en/PolicyAndPractice/HIVTreatment/Coinfection

    www.unaids.org/en/PolicyAndPractice/ScienceAndResearch/Vaccines/

    www.uniteforchildren.org/index.htmlwww.who.org

    www.who.int/topics/hiv_aids/en/

    www.who.int/vaccine

    www.avert.org/aidslatinamerica.htm


    Suggestions for Further Reading

    AIDS: Know the Facts, Soul City: Institute for Health and Development Communications, 2002

    AIDS remains the leading cause of death and lost work days in the most productive age groups in Asia, The Commission on AIDS in Asia, 2008.

    Brazil: Epidemiological Fact Sheets on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections, UNAIDS, 2003.

    China: Stop HIV, Not People Living With HIV, Human Rights Watch, 2007 (www.hrw.org)

    Focused AIDS Programs in Asia and the Pacific, UNAIDS, 2007.

    HIV/AIDS Fact Sheet, The Kaiser Family Foundation, 2008.

    HIV/AIDS Prevention, UNICEF, 2008.

    HIV Treatment, UNAIDS, 2008 (www.unaids.org/en/PolicyAndPractice/HIVTreatment/default.asp)

    Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues. Paul Farmer:University of California Press, 1999.

    Pakistan: Involvement of key policy makers in the fight against HIV, UNAIDS, 2006

    Uganda: Country Report, UNGASS, 2007.


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