Quick facts

In 2007 alone, more than 2.5 Million people contracted the AIDS virus.

Citations

Introduction movie

Pictures (in order of appearance):

  • http://www.girls-without-borders.org/media/image/60_aids-strassenkids1.jpg
  • http://www.nigeriamasterweb.com/5mbebe/AidsPatient2.jpg
  • http://www.nigeriamasterweb.com/5mbebe/AidsPatient3.jpg
  • http://www.robertobazzoni-onlus.com/en/projects/zimbabwe/photos/photo1.jpg

Music:

  • Copyright (c) 2000-2008 by MIDI Database - http://mididb.com/

HIV/AIDS Statistics:

  • http://www.avert.org/statindx.htm
  • http://www.journaids.org/statistics.php

Home

Sources of information:

  • http://www.avert.org/statindx.htm
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS
  • http://www.aids.org/info/FAQs.html
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_immunodeficiency_virus

Images (in order of appearance):

  • http://www.nigeriamasterweb.com/5mbebe/AidsPatient2.jpg:

Transmission

Sources of information:

  • http://www.youandaids.org/index.asp
  • http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/aids.html
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_immunodeficiency_virus

Images (in order of appearance):

  • http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/50/46/22774650.jpg
  • http://www.dailypepper.com/mt/archives/ap_india_baby_051130_ssv.jpg
  • http://photos13.flickr.com/17961994_69a25a3ceb_o.jpg

Symptoms

Sources of information:

  • http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hiv-aids/DS00005/DSECTION=2
  • http://www.youandaids.org/About%20HIVAIDS/Symptoms/index.asp
  • http://menshealth.about.com/od/conditions/a/HIV_signs.htm

Images (in order of appearance):

  • http://www.beliefnet.com/healthandhealing/images/si2108.jpg
  • http://dermatology.about.com/od/dermphotos/ig/Chicken-Pox-Pictures/chickenpox21.htm

Effects

Sources of information:

  • http://people.ku.edu/~jbrown/hiv.html
  • http://kidshealth.org/teen/infections/stds/std_hiv.html
  • http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/howhiv.htm
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS

Images (in order of appearance):

  • http://www.stayalive.org/stayalive/images/crying_child_in_zambia.jpg
  • http://www.cyfm.net/E-Journals/aids1.jpg

How it works

Sources of information:

  • Bristol-Myers Squibb HIV & AIDS Brochure
  • http://www.youandaids.org/About%20HIVAIDS/Symptoms/index.asp
  • http://hivcare.blogspot.com/2007/06/life-cycle-of-hiv-virus-in-human-cell.html
  • "Human Immunodeficiency Virus", Microsoft® Encarta® 2007 [CD]. Microsoft Corporation, 2006.

Images (in order of appearance):

  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/21c/healthy/resistinginfectionrev4.shtml
  • http://wwwalt.med-rz.uniklinik-saarland.de/virologie/breinig/index2.html
  • http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/mhunt/replicat.htm

What to do

Sources of information:

  • http://www.aidshelpline.org.za/
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS
  • http://www.youandaids.org/About%20HIVAIDS/Life%20after%20HIV/

Images (in order of appearance):

  • http://www.healthnews-stat.com/primages/doctor_patient-blood-pressure.jpg
  • http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2007/0703/arv_medication0301.jpg
  • http://www.envisioninc.net/catalog/images/VAPpic.JPG
  • http://www.hopeandhomes.org/images/hiv-aids-image.jpg

Statistics

Sources of information:

  • http://www.avert.org/worldstats.htm
  • http://www.avert.org/safricastats.htm
  • UNAIDS and WHO, AIDS Epidemic Update, December 2007
  • http://www.globalhealthreporting.org/diseaseinfo.asp?id=23

Images (in order of appearance):

  • HIV Prevalence Graph taken from UNAIDS/WHO 2007 AIDS EPIDEMIC UPDATE
  • World Map - Microsoft® Encarta® 2007. © 1993-2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

General info

Sources of information:

  • Pamphlets obtained from clinics and provincial hospitals.

Quick facts

Sources of information:

  • http://www.avert.org/statindx.htm
  • http://www.globalhealthreporting.org/diseaseinfo.asp?id=23
  • UNAIDS and WHO, AIDS Epidemic Update, December 2007

Definitions

All definitions from Microsoft® Encarta® 2007. © 1993-2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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