I think I am getting sick because the past couple days I have just felt exhausted!! I hope I start feeling better soon. Other then that there is really nothing new or exciting going on in my life. As for this class I feel completely content and am no longer overwhelmed. I actually laughed at myself the other day over how freaked out I got over all the work when this class began. I have been able to do it all and I have been getting good grades as well. Ever since I got my test results back I haven’t been thinking about HIV as much and I am no longer thinking that I have it, which is a good thing.
This weeks QOTW I thought was interesting. I thought I answered it well and the whole concept of the family being not that welcome to the idea of someone who had HIV I could kind of relate to. Not in my immediate family but in my extended family. I have some family members who are very close minded and believe that they are always right when it comes to certain things. So telling them that someone who they have known for many years was HIV positive would be something that I would not look forward too and would most likely keep a secret.
Did You Know: Children with HIV
“Every minute a child under the age of 15 is infected with HIV” and every day AIDS kills 1,000 children (MSF, 2007). In 2006 it was estimated that there was 540,000 children in the world newly infected with HIV and 470,000 lived in Africa and only 700 lived in either Europe or North America (MSF, 2007).
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is more commonly known as Doctors Without Borders. Their fact sheet was very interesting and too see the entire sheet go to this link: http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/hiv-aids/MSFChildrenAndAIDSFactSheet2007.pdf
References:
MSF, (2007, July 1). Children and HIV/AIDS. Retrieved March 24, 2010, from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) : http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/hiv-aids/MSFChildrenAndAIDSFactSheet2007.pdf
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