Analysis

Did you know that every 16 seconds a person dies from HIV/AIDS related illnesses? When HIV/AIDS first emerged, no one could have predicted how the epidemic will spread and how many lives it would impact. It is a massive global issue affecting 33.4 million people and an estimated of 2.5 million people die yearly from HIV/AIDS related illnesses. HIV/AIDS has a negative impact on our world and it isn’t at all beneficial to humans and should be solved with prevention, awareness, and education. 

Firstly, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a virus that disables the body’s protection by destroying the immune system. It attacks the immune system by targeting the CD4+ helper T cells, which are the cells that alarm our body that a virus or foreign bacteria has entered our body. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is the outcome of HIV meaning a person has AIDS when the body’s immune system has been totally deteriorated. There are four ways to contract HIV, through unprotected sexual intercourse, mother to child, sharing hypodermic needles and blood transfusions, which is very rare now. Antiretroviral (ARV’s) drugs are given to prolong the lives of the affected, but there is no cure. HIV/AIDS affects so many people. 33.4 million People are living with HIV in the world today. 2.1 million Are children infected with HIV as anyone can get HIV.

Every 12 seconds a person contracts HIV, this is because HIV doesn’t consider race, sex, age or social standing, and anyone can acquire it. It is very easily spread through the 4 ways of transmission, though the most common way of spreading is through unprotected sex. The fact that it is so easily spread from person to person means that it affects so many people in the world. The disease is so dangerous because it could be spread unknowingly. They wouldn’t know they have contracted the disease, unless they are tested. This is because of the long incubation period so symptoms may not show for up to ten years. Then the disease...