JNH350H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gay-Related Immune Deficiency, Treatment Action Campaign, Structural Adjustment
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Msm men who have sex with men. Pepfar us president"s emergency plan for aids relief. Aids is in every country 195 countries. Unique aspects of hiv/aids: 100% fatal without treatment (there are some exceptions, unusually long latency period, contract virus latent in your system for 8-10 years no symptoms but can infect others. Modes of transmission: by sex, by blood, mother to child (mtct, passage through birth canal, breastfeeding, placental barrier. Variations in the character of the epidemic: msm europe and north america, heterosexual africa, idu global, medical misuse china, canada. Phases in the epidemic (1) the dark ages (grid and idu) (2) the world wakes up (isolating the virus; founding unaids) (3) a glimmer of hope (the art era; battles with pharma, pepfar, rollout of. 99% of patients could not have access --- 1990"s: changed dramatically in the 2000"s, could treat patient for a year with art for less than a year.
