PCB 4233C Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Needle Exchange Programme, Anal Sex, Design Of Experiments
Document Summary
Aids epidemic is a universal problem: compelled individuals to make new judgements, engendered a fresh look at drug addiction. Incited debates over: premarital testing, needle exchange programs, sex education and aids education in schools, condom distribution, nature and course of hiv therapies. Debates continue among ethnicists regarding: high cost of using drugs in underdeveloped nations, drug testing in poor countries, use of placebos in controlled experiments, new statistical designs that gauge. Stigma of aids in the inner city continues: treatments are generally too little and too late. Infected individuals may not ask for assistance: women may fear losing their children to foster care. Aids epidemic has served as a catalyst to bring the positive side of the human spirit to the fore: volunteers service hotlines, develop educational materials, and give comfort to. Aids patients: business organizations fund education, treatment, and prevention campaigns, grassroots organizations act as advocates of person with aids.
