Transcript Press conference “AIDS“ participants E Zulu Jan Lars Hoffmann

Difference HIV - AIDS
AIDS:
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
infection with the
virus causes AIDS
AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome)
Transmission
•
•
•
•
•
•
sexual contacts
mother-to child transmission
breast feeding
blood
transfusion
injections needles
Non – Transmission
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
air
shaking hands
kissing
tears
sweat
food
drinking water
insects or other animals
Infection rate : homosexuals/
heterosexuals
Male HIV infection rate
10%
3%
homosexual
49%
38%
heterosexual
drug usage
others
Symptoms
• lack of energy
• weight loss
• fevers and sweats
• flaky skin
• headaches
• tiredness
Adult HIV prevalence worldwide
18,8 %
Zeitung
AIDS
Poverty
Overextended
organisations
Lack of
education
Lack of social
security network
Reasons for AIDS
• lack of education
• lack of money
• weakness in a prevention plan
• reduced access to basic services
• breakdown in health care delivery system
Situation
AIDS same importance as unemployment
rate or problems of infrastructure
Orphaned children
• 2.2 million orphaned children
• nearly half of all orphans lost parents to AIDSrelated illnesses
• lose of health, livelihoods, parents, families &
social networks
• best models of care for vulnerable and orphaned
children are found within the children’s
communities
 not in institutions
AIDS Death toll
600
500
"0-9
"10-24
"25-49
"50+
Unspecified
Total
400
300
200
100
Year of death
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
0
1997
Dead persons (1.000)
HIV Deaths in South Africa
HIV prevalence South Africa Male/Female
5–
9
Age
20
–
24
35
–
39
Male
Female
50
–
54
T
ot
al
0,00%
10,00%
20,00%
Prevalence
30,00%
40,00%
Prevalence %
HIV prevalence South Africa
40,00%
37,50%
35,00%
32,50%
30,00%
27,50%
25,00%
22,50%
20,00%
17,50%
15,00%
12,50%
10,00%
7,50%
5,00%
2,50%
0,00%
<20
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40<
2000
2001
2002
2003
Year
2004
2005
Fight
Against
AIDS
Aims:
• better education for young
children
• safety: lowering the rate of
infection by better treatment
• prevention: delivering
condoms to poor people