AIDS 2006 Youth Mentors Online Young delegates can get connected to AIDS 2006 Youth Mentors online on the discussion boards. Learn from those who have attended past International AIDS Conferences and receive an orientation to AIDS 2006; get help navigating the conference, learn tips on how to prepare for your presentation, and receive practical information about visiting Toronto, and more.
Mentors jeunesse en ligne SIDA 2006 Les jeunes délégués et déléguées peuvent établir le lien en ligne avec des mentors jeunesse de SIDA 2006 au babillard électronique. Ces mentors, qui ont participé aux congrès internationaux sur le sida précédents, pourront vous éduquer et vous orienter en ce qui a trait à SIDA 2006. Ils vous aideront à naviguer le congrès, vous donneront des astuces pour vous préparer en vue de votre présentation, vous donneront des conseils pratiques sur les visites à Toronto, et encore davantage.
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WUSC Online Discussion - Social, Economic, & Family Effects of HIV/AIDS August 12, 2006 @ 10:29 PM
Some specialists predict that by the year 2010 there will be 40 million AIDS orphans in Africa, most of who will have grown up with little or no social structure. More than 5.5 million children in eastern and southern Africa have lost their mothers or both parents to AIDS. This has placed new stress on extended family and grandparents as they attempt to raise the orphaned children. People with HIV positive family members may need to drop out of school to care for a dying parent or to care and provide for younger siblings.
When AIDS claims the lives of people in their most productive years, grieving orphans and elderly must contend with the sudden loss of financial support, communities must bear the burden of caring for those left behind, and countries must draw on a diminishing pool of trained and talented workers. Moreover, as the epidemic has worsened, so have estimations of its effect on African economies, even without taking into account the broader human welfare issues.
The prevalence of HIV has given way to myths surrounding the virus. In sub Sahara Africa one of the most devastating myths is that by having sex with a virgin a man can cure himself of the HIV virus. This has led to the rape of young girls and intergenerational sex.
What can/should be done to address the social, family, and economic effects of HIV/AIDS?
Entry by Ryan
The World University Service of Canada
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