AIDS Taishi Kato

History of AIDS  The exact way how AIDS was still unsure.  Educated guesses say that it started somewhere in central Africa.  Some gray green monkeys had the virus in their bodies and somehow the virus mutated so that it could infect humans.  A person contact with the monkey and contracted the disease and spread it.

Current Status  Everyday about 8,500 people die because of AIDS  In 2004 alone the epidemic caused 3.1 million deaths, 510,000 among children under 15  At the end of 2005, 40.3 million people were living with HIV or AIDS, which includes 17.5 million women and 2.3 million children  In 2005 alone the atrocious virus infects 4.9 million adults and children  An estimated 32 million people have died from AIDS since the beginning of the pandemic.

Previous Attempts To End AIDS  Lifestyle changes  Practicing abstinence, thought does prevent HIV and AIDS, does not work simply because people want to have sex  Small organizations that try to educate people on what HIV and AIDS are and what to do to prevent infection  Creating a medication that kills AIDS

Reasons For The Problem  People are not educated on the subject  A person can contract the virus by having sexual contact with someone who has it AIDS  Promiscuous sex spreads the virus  The use of a contaminated needle that has infected blood on it  Having a blood transfusion and having blood infected by AIDS pumped into a person’s body  An unborn baby may contract AIDS across the placenta

Realistic/ logical prediction of the ultimate outcome  AIDS will spread to Eurasia  China, Russia and India, the largest nations, will drive the spread of the virus  The world economy will suffer because of so much deaths  In 15 years the death toll of the virus will double from what it is today.

Realistic Solution of the Problem Implementation Plan  All the nations educate their people on AIDS and the negative effects of AIDS on a human life  Have an AIDS class at school  Have groups that educate go to places without schools  Have a global group, under the united nations, to educate problem areas such as sub-Saharan Africa.