Our objective is to quantify the mortality from AIDS, narcotic related deaths, and traffic accidents among those between 15 and 39 years of age, in the Community of Madrid, 1990-1991. Data provided by the Regional Register of AIDS, Forensic Institute of Madrid, local police teams and the Traffic Directorate General have been used. Mortality from traffic accidents ranked first as a cause of deat...

Le fil (1994) is the first « novel » by Christophe Bourdin who narrates in three parts – time of hypochondria », agony and dreams - various stages his illness, AIDS. This article aims to examine ways which perceives body reflects on identity through mirror, Other page. A confrontation aggravated progression disease comparable Hervé Guibert’s experiences autobi- ographical narratives AIDS: À l’a...

The incidence of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the United States has increased rapidly since the first reports in 1981. Highest estimated rates are among single (never-married) men in Manhattan and San Francisco, men and women who have abused drugs intravenously, and persons with hemophilia. Serosurveys among populations at increased risk for AIDS have demonstrated a high prevale...

Methods We performed a retrospective, compared study, in the Regional Monitoring and Evaluation of HIV/AIDS from Craiova, between 01 January 2007 – 31 December 2012, in two groups of patients with HIV/AIDS, as follows: group A-59 patients diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in the period 01 January 2010 – 31 December 2012 and group B-113 patients diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in the period 01 January 2007 – 31 D...

Since the first case of AIDS was identified in 1985, Russia has maintained a low HIVseroprevalence rate, currently at 0.05. However, there are signs of an emerging HIV/AIDS epidemic fueled by several factors. As of September 1999, a total of 19,105 HIV infections were registered, although the estimated number exceeds 50,000. The most recent trend in HIV/AIDS transmission is through injecting dr...

Response: Until the mid-1990s, the public health battle against AIDS in both rich and poor countries focused almost entirely on efforts to prevent new HIV infections, because no effective treatment for AIDS existed. Prevention during the first 15 years of the epidemic gradually grew more sophisticated: from behavioral education and condom promotion, HIV counseling and testing, to the treatment ...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) results in acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and is characterized by a serious disorder of the immune system in which the protective defenses against infection cannot function leaving the individual vulnerable to severe infections and conditions. This results in opportunistic infections causing an unfavourable outcome. Since its discovery in 1981 when...

Recognizing the HIV/AIDS pandemic as an unprecedented worldwide emergency and one of the greatest challenges to life and the enjoyment of human rights, the United nations called on member states to reflect on this matter. In June 2001, around 20 years after the first AIDS cases were recorded, the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV and AIDS (UNGASS HIV/AIDS) was held in New Y...