GEOG 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Bruno Latour, Canadian Red Cross, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
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It is time to close the book on infectious diseases, declare the war against pestilence won, and shift national resources to such chronic problems as cancer and heart disease : but . The aids quilt in the mall washington dc, 1987: memorial to each american who had died of aids up until then. 1983: first linked to hiv (human immunodeficiency virus) 1983: spread by transmission of bodily fluids from one person to another. 1985: first approved test to determine its presence. Up until 1987: untested blood products used in canada. Caused many hemophiliacs to become infected with hiv and hepatitis c. About 5,750 new hiv infections across the world every day in 2015. About 95% are in low and middle-income countries. About 550 are children under 15 years of age. About 5200 are adults aged 15 years and older: almost 47% are women, about 39% are among young people (15-24)
