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- 1. The AIDS Atlas By Morgan Emily Patterson
- 2. The Thesis Geographic correlations can be drawn between the different regions of high HIV infections and Auto Immune Deficiency diagnoses.
- 3. What is HIV AIDS? H Human I Immunodeficiency V Virus A Acquired I Immuno D Deficiency S Syndrome
- 4. Where Did It Begin? Africa 1930s Monkey/Ape Theory Much remains a mystery
- 5. Past to Present Correlations Sub- Sahara Africa is responsible for two-thirds of all HIV/AIDS cases 75% of HIVS/AIDS Deaths In South Africa, 29% of pregnant woman have HIV 20% of Zimbabwe's adult population has HIV/AIDS Poverty, Inadequate Healthcare and education, and promiscuity keep this unfortunate trend in affect
- 6. The Global Epidemic AIDS is prevalent in every country today In 2011, an estimated 34 million people had HIV/AIDS And almost 3 million of them died 25 million deaths World Wide
- 7. AIDS in America: A History Timeline 1981- first official reporting of what would soon be the AIDS epidemic 1985- The link between HIV and AIDS is discovered 1989- 100,000 reported AIDS cases 1995- 500,000 reported AIDS cases 2007- 565,000 deaths since 1981
- 8. AIDS in America: Today 1.2 million 1 in 7 people with HIV are unaware of their infection 1 and 4 HIV infections are among youth ages 13- 24 and have no idea that they have it
- 9. AIDS in America: Map
- 10. AIDS in America: Geographical and Cultural Trends Very prevalent in Urban Areas with larger populations Many of these regions are impoverished
- 11. AIDS in America: Geographical and Cultural Trends Gay and Bisexual Men of all races are the most severely affected https://www.aids.gov/hiv-aids-basics/hiv-aids-101/statistics/index.html
- 12. Final Geographic Conclusions and Trends Most cases of HIV are from countries or areas with low- or middle-income regions due to inadequate healthcare, education and cultural circumstances Sub-Sahara Africa is responsible for the most amount of cases due to the fact that it was the originating region of the virus It continues to spread to a variety of regions due to the lack of a cure
- 13. Bibliography HIV/AIDS Basics. (n.d.). Retrieved March 28, 2015, from https://www.aids.gov/hiv-aids-basics/ AIDS, AIDS Information, HIV Facts, News, Photos -- National Geographic. (n.d.). Retrieved March 28, 2015, from http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and- human-body/human-diseases/aids-article/ HIV and AIDS in the United States by Geographic Distribution. (2013, April 23). Retrieved March 28, 2015, from http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/statistics/basics/geographicdistributi on.html Map - AIDSVu. (n.d.). Retrieved March 28, 2015, from http://aidsvu.org/map/