Research into Child soldiers. What Is Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)? WHAT IS ART?
ART means treating retroviral infections like HIV with drugs. The drugs do not kill the virus. However, they slow down the growth of the virus. When the virus is slowed down, so is HIV disease. Antiretroviral drugs are referred to as ARV. WHAT IS THE HIV LIFE CYCLE? APPROVED ARV DRUGS Each type, or “class”, of ARV drugs attacks HIV in a different way. Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, also called non-nukes or NNRTIs, also block step 4 but in a different way.
Protease inhibitors or PIs block Step 10, where the raw material for new HIV virus is cut into specific pieces. Entry inhibitors prevent HIV from entering a cell by blocking step 2 of the life cycle. HIV integrase inhibitors prevent HIV from inserting its genetic code into the human cell's code in step 5 of the life cycle. . • Elvitegravir (EVG, part of the combination Stribild) HOW ARE THE DRUGS USED?
WHAT IS DRUG RESISTANCE? If only one ARV drug is used, it is easy for the virus to develop resistance. What Is AIDS? What Is HIV? Worldwide HIV & AIDS Statistics. An HIV/AIDS epidemic is defined by the HIV prevalence in the general population.
HIV prevalence is the percentage of the population living with HIV. There is either a generalised or concentrated epidemic. In a generalised epidemic, HIV prevalence is 1% or more in the general population. In a concentrated or low level epidemics, HIV prevalence is below 1% in the general population but exceeds 5% in specific at-risk populations like injecting drug users or sex workers, or HIV prevalence is not recorded at a significant level in any group).
In order to understand the HIV and AIDS epidemic, it is necessary to look at certain figures. Global HIV and AIDS estimates, 2011 The latest statistics of the global HIV and AIDS epidemic were published by UNAIDS, WHO and UNICEF in December 2012, and refer to the end of 2011. Global trends The number of people living with HIV rose from around 8 million in 1990 to 34 million by the end of 2011. Regional statistics for HIV and AIDS, end of 2011 Notes. Research into HIV and AIDS. Drop Stitches Not Bombs: A Play A Day #2: stoning mary by debbie tucker green. Oh dear, I seem to have fallen behind rather quickly in this task I have set myself.
I shall endeavour to catch up with another play I know well... stoning mary (both title and playwright are deliberately lowercase) takes three issues mainly associated with the developing world, and transposes them to a European context - the script specifies that all the characters are white - echoing Tony Blair's comment at the World Economic Forum in 2005 that, 'If what was happening in Africa today was happening in any other part of the world, there would be such a scandal and clamour that governments would be falling over themselves to act in response.' I acted in a production of this at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2008, and the subject matter made this a difficult one to sell.
It is also intriguing reading back over all the notes I scribbled on my copy of the script, for example: Wow. It was definitely worth it: I still feel very lucky to have been in this play. Good female monologues?