Melissa Rodriguez has 4 siblings and family in the USA, Honduras, and Panama. She was born in Panama but lived in several countries including Honduras, USA, Venezuela, and Nigeria. In high school, she enjoyed volleyball, basketball, and running and participated in TLC. She spent 5 work days and 2 free days with Habitat for Humanity in Puerto Cortes. The UN is focusing on stopping new HIV infections by 2015 through reducing sexual transmission, preventing HIV among drug users, eliminating new childhood infections, increasing treatment access, reducing TB deaths, closing resource gaps, eliminating gender inequalities, and stigma and discrimination as well as travel restrictions while strengthening integration efforts.
9. Global Issue: Spread of HIV and AIDS
Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Most cases in Africa
Every hour, 31 children die from this
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12. • The UN currently is focusing on stopping new HIV infection by the year
2015
• Primary targets for its elimination:
1. Reduce sexual transmission
2. Prevent HIV among drug users
3. Eliminate new HIV infection among children
4. 15 million accessing treatment
5. Avoid TB deaths
6. Close resource gap
7. Eliminate gender inequalities
8. Eliminate stigma and discrimination
9. Eliminate travel restrictions
10. Strengthen HIV integration
