AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency (HIV). AIDS is a major heath problem across the world, and continues to be a growing issue in Canada.In 2007, it was estimated that 33.2 million people lived with the disease worldwide, and that AIDS killed an estimated 2.1 million people, including 330,000 children.

This transmission can be exchanged via anal, vaginal or oral sex ,blood transfusion, contaminated needles , exchange between mother and baby during pregnancy, childbirth , or breastfeeding.

AIDS is a growing pandemic that continues to have no known cure to man. Although there is a treatment called antiretroviral that is used reduces both the mortality and the morbidity of HIV infection.Due to the difficulty in treating HIV infection, preventing infection is a key aim in controlling the AIDS pandemic