HIV/AIDSBy Jeneé Pombert

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The human race vs. HIV/AIDSLet the battle begin

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Small pleasure

Big consequences

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All it takes is one

drop

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Most cases are caused by

unprotected sex

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And shared needles

Every minute

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and three of them are

from Sub-Saharan Africa

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Over 25 million

Dead

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Over 69 million

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Her parents are

gone

Leaving her an orphan

They have the

will to live, but no money to

live on

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AIDS is always lurking

in the shadows

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People are reaching and crying out for

help

There is hope on the horizon

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Raisedawareness

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Education=Better Outlook

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More research…

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More programs and treatments

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People are coming out into the open…

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understand…

I am starting to

the physical….

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and the

mental risks

of AIDS

I understand the suffering that people in Africa are enduring

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The people are

suffering from

poverty, banishment, hunger, and side effects of the disease.

They need our

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Works Cited• “AIDS crisis is real; world leaders must act. (Editorial).” Gale Cengage Learning. Detroit: Gale, 3 Dec. 2002. Web. 27 Oct. 2009.

<http://find.galegroup.com/ gic/ infomark.do?contentSet=IAC-Documents&docType=IAC&type=retrieve&tabID=T006&prodId=GIC&docId=CJ94838797&userGroupName=cant48040&version=1.0&searchType=BasicSearchForm&source=gale >. This is about how some world leaders are ignoring the HIV/ AIDS epidemic.

• “AIDS/ HIV.” GAle Cengage Learning. Detroit: Gale, 27 Oct. 2009. Web. 27 Oct. 2009. <http://find.galegroup.com/ gic/ infomark.do?contentSet=GREF&docType=GREF&type=retrieve&prodId=GIC&docId=CP3208520004&userGroupName=cant48040&version=1.0&source=gale >. This is an overview of all the AIDS/ HIV information. This is the first page in the website when you click on HIV/ AIDS.

• Darity, William, ed. “AIDS.” Gale Cengage Learning. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Web. 28 Oct. 2009. <http://find.galegroup.com/ gic/ infomark.do?contentSet=EBKS&docType=EBKS.Article&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=GIC&docId=CX3045300049&userGroupName=cant48040&version=1.0&searchType=BasicSearchForm&source=gale >. Talks about how to prevent AIDS.

• - - -, ed. “Aids/ Hiv in Developing Countries, Impact of.” Gale Cengage Learning. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Web. 28 Oct. 2009. <http://find.galegroup.com/ gic/ infomark.do?contentSet=EBKS&docType=EBKS.Article&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=GIC&docId=CX3045300050&userGroupName=cant48040&version=1.0&searchType=BasicSearchForm&source=gale>. About how HIV/ AIDS is spread throughout the world.

• Drotman, D. Peter. “HIV/ AIDS.” Gale Cengage Learning. Detroit: Gale, 2006. Web. 28 Oct. 2009. <http://find.galegroup.com/ gic/ infomark.do?contentSet=EBKS&docType=EBKS.Article&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=GIC&docId=CX3404000429&userGroupName=cant48040&version=1.0&searchType=BasicSearchForm&source=gale>. Another overview that explains the virology, how it spreads, who has it, and symptoms and treatment.

• “HIV/ AIDS managing a pandemic: as advances in prevention and treatment of HIV/ AIDS are being made, some areas of the Americas are making progress in the battle against this devastating disease.” Gale Cengage Learning. N.p., Mar.-Apr. 2009. Web. 27 Oct. 2009. <http://find.galegroup.com/ gic/ infomark.do?contentSet=IAC-Documents&docType=IAC&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId=GIC&docId=A194963285&userGroupName=cant48040&version=1.0&searchType=BasicSearchForm&source=gale>. This tells about a doctor who went to help handle the pandemic in Haiti. It gives some symptoms and treatments.

• Stratton, Allan. Chanda’s Secrets. N.p.: Annick Press Ltd., 2004. Print.

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