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What is AIDS

Chapter 13
Handbook of Research on ICTs for Human-Centered Healthcare and Social Care Services
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The illness interferes with the immune system making people with AIDS much more likely to get infections, including opportunistic infections and tumors that do not affect people with working immune systems. This susceptibility gets worse as the disease continues.
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Emerging ICT Challenges on Provision of Online HIV/AIDS Advisory Services
Simon Samwel Msanjila (Mzumbe University, Tanzania)
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 22
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3986-7.ch013
Abstract
In order to address the research challenges related to spreading, prevention, and treatment of HIV/AIDS it is necessary to look at it from different angles. Considering a single aspect on established initiatives, such as technological or political concerns that have been adopted in research, leaves a “none complete and integrated picture” on challenges related to the provision of services for combating HIV/AIDS. This chapter addresses this aspect by considering a multi-perspective approach and proposes a set of challenges for each perspective. It also considers the technological perspective of provision of HIV/AIDS advisory services and presents challenges towards designing the proposed system.
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Chapter 11
Benefits and Risks Associated With Use of Social Media by People With Health Issues: Focusing on Mental Illness, HIV/AIDS, Cancer, Intellectual Disability, and Diabetes
The final stage of HIV infection in which the body is vulnerable to diseases and those with AIDS may develop various serious health conditions.
Published in Chapter: Benefits and Risks Associated With Use of Social Media by People With Health Issues: Focusing on Mental Illness, HIV/AIDS, Cancer, Intellectual Disability, and Diabetes; From: Recent Advances in Digital Media Impacts on Identity, Sexuality, and Relationships
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Chapter 9
Discrimination of HIV-Positive Persons When Establishing an Employment Relationship
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome is the chronic ill condition and can be life-threatening, and it is the last stage of HIV infection.
Published in Chapter: Discrimination of HIV-Positive Persons When Establishing an Employment Relationship; From: Fighting for Empowerment in an Age of Violence
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Media and Public Health in the Context of HIV/AIDS
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a chronic, potentially life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). By damaging your immune system, HIV interferes with your body's ability to fight infection and disease.
Published in Chapter: Media and Public Health in the Context of HIV/AIDS; From: Handbook of Research on Representing Health and Medicine in Modern Media
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