HIST114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Bsc Young Boys, Nurse Practitioner, Health System
8 Sep 2016
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Poverty is under code z59. 5 in who"s international classification of diseases. First attacked the green monkeys in africa, followed by the people of. In parts of africa they eat monkey on the regular. Open wounds of the butchers mix with blood of the monkey, leading to an hiv infection. Many diseases come from animals, chicken pox comes from chicken, swine flu from pigs, ect. Origins of aids is in africa, still the most prevalent. Many theories about how it came to be what it is today. In africa they used to reuse needles without sanitizing them. Therefore it was transmitted through vaccine and spread throughout entire towns. Africa to haiti, haiti to new york and new york to the world. About 35. 3 million living with hiv in 2012. 4. 8 m new infections in 2003, 2. 9 killed. 2. 6 m new infections in 2013, 1. 6 killed. Three groups at most risk: injecting drug users, homosexual dudes, and sex workers.
