National AIDS day was established many years ago to raise awareness about this chronic disease. I remember that I once wrote a paper for a university class at UCLA that AIDS was the modern disease that had the possibility to change the genome of the human race. There will be people who are immune to the disease, and those who succumb to it. What is happening now with AIDS?
Read this article to find out http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/01/us-health-aids-idUSKCN0JF0ZW20141201
Key Terms
pandemic
campaign group
infected
keep AIDS at bay
advocacy group
preventable disease
around the corner
global level
easily stall
unravel
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
antiretroviral drugs
dramatic improvement
domestic budgets
injecting drug users
stigmatized
accessing
Questions
How is the day recognized in your country?
What does the author mean when he says that it is the "beginning of the end" of the AIDS pandemic?
Are there many AIDS sufferers in your country?
How many AIDS sufferers are there world-wide?
What other health threats do we have in the world today?
Read this article to find out http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/01/us-health-aids-idUSKCN0JF0ZW20141201
Key Terms
pandemic
campaign group
infected
keep AIDS at bay
advocacy group
preventable disease
around the corner
global level
easily stall
unravel
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
antiretroviral drugs
dramatic improvement
domestic budgets
injecting drug users
stigmatized
accessing
Questions
How is the day recognized in your country?
What does the author mean when he says that it is the "beginning of the end" of the AIDS pandemic?
Are there many AIDS sufferers in your country?
How many AIDS sufferers are there world-wide?
What other health threats do we have in the world today?
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