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NAME: UMBUKAH TITUS MBOYA REG NO: CJMS-01-0312/2018 BUT WHY DO WE STILL SPEAK STIGMATIZATION? STOP IT! – By Titus Mboya HIV/AIDS is not a vocabulary to me. I have heard this for as long as I can remember. Well, for unambiguity, I have heard HIV/AIDS since education stopped being subtle to me. It was taught in various stages of my schooling life and so much information was pumped into my head. I have to admit that I only paid attention predominantly to get good grades in my assessment tests. Why did you have to come across this topic annually even after you proceed to the next class? Why did you have to meet it in myriads of subjects both in primary and secondary school? Actually, recently I met with the same topic (now as a unit) in the university. I was surprised getting to read the timetable and coming across the unit. Well, perhaps in my course (Journalism and Media Studies) requires some information about it. I know in my line of work I will inevitably meet such people. ...

HIV is a virus spread through body fluids that affects specific cells of the immune system, called CD4 cells, or T cells”. HIV stands for human Immunodeficiency virus . HIV kills the body’s CD4 cells and damages the immune system. HIV is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system. Its genetic material, RNA, must be converted in to DNA during replication. Over time, the immune system and the body loses its ability to fight the virus. HIV replicates inside the human body.   It must invade a healthy cell in the body to survive.   HIV is Spread through unprotected sex with people living with HIV (vaginal, oral, or anal) , blood to blood contact and exposure to HIV before or during birth or through breastfeeding. Other means of spread include anal sex which is the activity that has the highest form of sexual transmission for HIV.   This is due to a tighter, thinner lining of the anus.   Vaginal sex is next and oral sex carries the least amount of risk of the thre . It...

Thirty years ago, the AIDS “Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome” was not a well-known disease and infected people by that disease were not quarantined, because of lack of information about the disease. The medical scholars explained that AIDS is the culmination of the virus onset, HIV, “human immunodeficiency virus”. Currently, the infected people with complications, emaciation, diarrhea, tuberculosis, cancer, fever, vomiting, cannot meet together what ever the occasion, birthday party, first communion, wedding. Around the world, in some countries, that disease has become a stigma and infected people are isolated, even by their own families. It turns out that the disease has sprung up relentlessly, via national and international contacts and threatens the humanity’s existence. In December 2007, a report   mentioned that in planet earth, “33 million people lived with the HIV; 2, 5 million were infected and 1 .7 million died Of HIV ”. In her book, The Invisible Cure, Helen Epstei...

HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. It harms your immune system by destroying the white blood cells that fight infection. This puts you at risk for serious infections and certain cancers. AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. It is the final stage of infection with HIV. Not everyone with HIV develops AIDS. HIV most often spreads through unprotected sex with an infected person. It may also spread by sharing drug needles or through contact with the blood of an infected person. Women can give it to their babies during pregnancy or childbirth. HIV has been known as a killer disease since no cure has been discovered yet.  About 500,000 teenagers have been infected with HIV/AIDS in Kenya. The only way of HIV prevention is abstaining from sex. The government currently has a way of prolonging the life of someone living with HIV/AIDS through the introduction of ARVs. Victims throughout the whole country are encouraged to use ARVs which are sup...

Story by Virginia Nungari Due to ignorance the spread of HIV AIDS has increased across the years .The fight against HIV has not been easy and no cure has been found yet .The highly affected age rate are the youth between the age of 14-40 .Also due to lack of enough knowledge  the spread of the deadly disease is  moving at an alarming rate. HIV is believed to have originated from the monkeys known as Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV). It got into the human body and it changed to HIV but unlike the way we as humans got the virus from monkeys the virus cannot be transmitted from humans to the monkey. When the virus gets into the body it destroys important fighting agents in the body known as CD4. Due to reduction of the CD4, the body produces Anti-bodies within 3 months and this anti bodies fight against the virus. Scientist with the help of doctors have come up with drugs called the anti-HIV drugs. This drugs help to boost the immune system of the body but not to cure t...

Story by: TROON SILINGI Discovered in 1959 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, HIV has widely spread across Africa and into other parts of the world to be ranked among the most deadly diseases if not the deadliest. Over the decades HIV prevelance has been a reliable indicator of sexual behavior. But aside from that people have not put into considerations other ways in which it is spread such as unsafe healthcare,unsafe cosmetic practices and various traditional practices. This from my point of view is the reason why many HIV intervention, most of which concentrate entirely on  sexual behavior have been so unsuccessful. HIV/AIDS cases were first evident in Kenya in late 1970s coming from the Western Equatorial region through Uganda and perhaps through Tanzania too. The fact that Kenyan leaders denied this fact over and over again brings out the point on poor governance as a key factor that has facilitated this spread of the killer disease, reasons best known to them why...

Story by WYCLIFFE ONYANGO OKEYO Introduction Work is a fundamental part of life. It means much more than a paycheck; it offers purpose and an opportunity to lead an independent, self-directed life for all people, including people living with HIV/AIDS. We know that poverty, discrimination, and social marginalization are powerful drivers of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Some of the key qualities that employers seek in new hires; problem solving, flexibility, resilience, strength and resolve—are also attributes of many people living with HIV/AIDS. What’s more, research conducted in recent years clearly indicates the benefits garnered when people at risk of or living with HIV/AIDS are able to pursue meaningful work. At the same time, companies that desire to ensure they utilize the individual skills of all employees cannot afford to maintain the risks of productivity that come about with maintaining HIV/AIDS employees. This research paper seeks to address this dilemma by discussing t...