HLTH102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sub-Saharan Africa, Lower Respiratory Tract Infection, Condom

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLTH102
• Professor: David Hammond

Document Summary

1996-2000: hope and uncertainty (hart therapy lazard syndrome) What are 4 main methods of hiv transmission: unprotected penetrative (vaginal or anal) and oral sex, blood transfusion with contaminated blood, contaminated syringes, needles, or other sharp instruments. Infected mother to child during pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding. What is an example of the regional differences present when looking at. More than two thirds of people with hiv/aids live in sub-saharan africa. Increase in early 2000s, but decrease to below start currently. Projected to keep dropping even further (by 90%) 55% - men who have sex with men. 10% first nations of all hiv cases in canada. Injection drug users eastern europe and central asia. Men who have sex with men sub-saharan africa. What were the top causes of death among adolescents globally in 2012: road injury, hiv/aids, self-harm, lower respiratory infections. Increase until around 2010, where it has slowly begun to decline. Predicted to continue declining (0 uncared for by 2030)