Have you been affected by HIV/AIDS?

Alton Turner Blackwood

Alton Turner Blackwood

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Wife and I had a chat about how many people around us who are open about their status.

I know of at least 3 who died within the last year or so from complications of the disease.

Just this past weekend a buddy of mine also confided in me that he had AIDS and I was quite shocked.

A 60 year old lady living in my neighbourhood is also quite open about her status.

A few years ago I could say with confidence that I knew nobody with this AIDS thing :)
 
Aghori

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AIDs affects everybody in South Africa cos of the healthcare costs involved.
 
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Shaun108 said:
AIDs affects everybody in South Africa cos of the healthcare costs involved.
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I wonder though if its not cheaper as there will be less costs on the pension and old age healthcare.
We effectively have a younger nation.

Nope I am not aware of anyone I am friends,family or coworkers with.
 
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When I heard a girl I was with had HIV, I went for the test straight on the Monday. Not sure about her condition but I'm still okay. Was with her years ago so she got it after we were done.

And the manner the subject was brought up was a totally humiliating.
 
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googoodoll

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We'd all probably know more people with HIV/AIDS if others didn't act like its such a sin to get tested...
 
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HIV does not discriminate, however, your personal behaviours may place you at greater risk.

Over 30 years into the HIV epidemic there is still little consensus as to what drives the generalized HIV epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa. The large differences in HIV prevalence between the various races in South Africa offer a useful standpoint from which to investigate putative risk factors. South Africa has conducted three nationally representative HIV serosurveys that include 15–49 years olds. In 2004, the HIV prevalence in 15–49 year olds was 19.9% (95% CI, 18.1–21.4) in blacks, 3.2% (95% CI, 2.1–4.3) in coloureds, 0.9% (95% CI, 0.08–1.7) in Indians and 0.5% (95% CI, 0.1–0.9) in whites. HIV prevalences by race vary to a similar degree in the other two surveys conducted in 2001 and 2007 as well as in a nationally representative sample of 15–24 year olds, a national survey of tertiary students, a survey of company employees and the country's annual antenatal surveys.
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The discussion on the social factors that increase HIV prevalence makes for interesting reading with concurrency seemingly being the behavioural factor placing one most at risk: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3660381/

Concurrency

In the case of the men, the black group had higher self-reported concurrency prevalences than the other groups in all five surveys. The concurrency prevalence in the black group varied from 7 to 16 times higher than that of the whites in the different surveys. In all the surveys the coloured men had an intermediate prevalence of concurrency (between that of the whites and blacks). In the case of the women, self-reported concurrency prevalences were highest in the black group in all five surveys with available data, but this relationship was only statistically significant in the CAPS. In the CAPS, the cumulative concurrency prevalence in the black women (15.9%, 95% CI, 13.4–18.7) was considerably higher than that for the coloureds (1.7%, 95% CI, 0.9–2.8%) and whites (2.7%, 95% CI, 1.0–7.2). In the 1998 DHS, concurrency in those who were married was higher in the blacks (7.5%, 95% CI, 6.4–8.6) than the whites (4.1%, 95% CI, 2.5–6.4) and Indians (0.5%, 95% CI, 0.1–1.9) but not the coloureds (6.9%, 95% CI, 5.2–9.1).
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Another in depth study:
http://www.mrc.ac.za/pressreleases/2009/sanat.pdf
 
Garson007

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I have never known anyone who has had the disease, that I know of.
 
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a cousin & a good friend have been hiv+ for the better part of 10 - 15yrs now, fortunately from the outset they were able to afford the medication.

another died about 3 yrs back - did not take medication on a regular basis as prescribed
 
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