Help Prevent HIV AIDS

Help Prevent HIV AIDS

The lack of sexual education is suspected as the main cause of the spread of HIV / AIDS among adolescents in Latin America, according to the testimony of the expert social observers Chile, Raquel Child, which also deplored the state apparatus did not provide effective assistance to help young teens deal with the deadly disease.

Child, a specialist in cooperation with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for HIV / AIDS, said in a press release that the adult world can not recognize the sexual culture of young people who are very different from them.

Understand better sex education. Latin American countries have fallen behind in developing a system to guide the younger generation to have a preventive attitude.

Child is one of more than 20 thousand specialists of HIV / AIDS are expected to attend the 17th International AIDS Conference scheduled to be held on Aug. 3-8 in Mexico City.

He said that prevention is one of the more effective measures to combat the spread of HIV / AIDS. He urged to renew the system of related educational programs and stressed that the school is a central element essential to disseminate and inculcate correct sex knowledge from the outset.

60% Injecting Drug Users Infected with HIV / AIDS

60% Injecting Drug Users Infected with HIV / AIDS

The number of drug users in Indonesia continues to increase. Current population is estimated to reach 3.2 million people. Of this amount 800 thousand of whom use drugs with needles.

"From these 800 thousand, 60% had been infected with HIV / AIDS," said Director of Social and Rehabilitation Services Abusers Narcotics, Psychotropic and Addictive Substance (Drug) Ministry of Social Affairs, Makmur Sunusi, at the Hotel Intercontinental, Jalan Sudirman, Jakarta, Thursday (19 / 6 / 2008).

According Makmur currently ranked first marijuana drug types consumed in Indonesia. The percentage of marijuana users reached 60%, followed by sedative 17%, 12% methamphetamin, ectasy 17%, 4% and heroin.

"Each year 15,000 people die in Indonesia because of drugs," he added.

These data also show that men use more drugs than women. Male percentage is 79% male and 21% female.

Meanwhile, Baby Jim Aditya antinarkoba activists say there are three ways to overcome drug addiction.

"All of them are strict law enforcement, everyone was told the dangers of drugs and harm reduction for drug addicts," he said in the same place.

Dr. Hussain Al Bahri explains the intention of government to reduce drug addiction is very less, this is evidenced by policies that do not indicate eradication of the drug.

"It also depends on state policy, if the state is not a lot of attention to this issue, yes like this happen," said the doctor treating the many victims of this drug.

Al Bahri pointed out until now is still the largest state budget revenues derived from cigarette excise tax, which clearly has the effect of causing dependency.

Prevent HIV/ AIDS

HIV Prevention – New Approaches Used to Prevent HIV/AIDS. Researchers, particularly those in Africa, are always looking for ways to prevent and cure HIV/AIDS. New research has shown that there are films, rings, and tablets that could help prevent HIV infection in women. There’s also hope that the same methods will help prevent the spread and infection of AIDS in men as well.

The methods used in the prevention study include dissolving tablets, rings, and films that are inserted into the vagina and then release AIDS medication. These are called microbicides.

The study on the microbicides were done in petri dishes, and it was noted that only when the HIV virus was present in the dish first did drug resistant HIV develop. This shows that only those who use the microbicides after they are infected have the risk of developing drug resistant strains of the ailment.

OF course these microbicides aren’t on the market just yet. There still have to be clinical trials before the FDA will approve a a course of treatment. Many of these provisional treatments haven’t been tried in humans yet.

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