Proposal-Eradicating HIV/AIDS

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PROPOSAL- ERADICATING HIV/AIDS

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PROPOSED SPECIES: HIV/AIDS
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PROPOSED ACTION: PREVENTION TO ERADICATE

What is HIV/AIDS?

This particular virus can only infect human beings. HIV weakens your immune system by destroying important cells that fight disease and infection. An immune system that has weakened can't protect you. A virus relies on cells in the body by taking over it to reproduce. HIV is actually the short form of Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Unlike the common cold “flu”, HIV is a very different virus. With the present of HIV, the immune system cannot fight the viruses in our body like they should usually.

The human immune system can't seem to get rid of it. Why the virus is incurable has been the top question of scientist whom for years, has been trying to find the solution to cure the virus. For long periods of time, HIV hides in the cells in your body and attacks the main part of the immune system. HIV takes over the cells that fight infections and diseases for your body, and uses them to reproduce itself. Over time, HIV can destroy so many of your CD4 cells that your body can't fight infections and diseases anymore. From there, HIV infection will lead to AIDS.

AIDS cannot be inherited from your family. AIDS is acquired only after birth. The organs and cells that work to fight off infection or disease are covered by your immune system. You get AIDS when your immune system is "deficient," or isn't working the way it should. A syndrome is a collection of symptoms and signs of disease. AIDS is not a single disease but rather a syndrome. The reason is that it is actually a complicated disease with a wide range of symptoms. The final stage of HIV is Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome is th...

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Through all these years, we have been battling with the spreading of the disease and also helping the people who are infected fight for their lives. HIV/AIDS is so silent that no one can really know if they have it or not. No one can really know if they are accidentally transmitting it to someone else that is not aware that the other person is diagnosed with the disease.

As a conclusion, it is important that people know the danger of HIV/AIDS and actions to prevent more lives to be at risk should be taken. Especially when there is still no cure that is yet to be found, this disease should be eradicated by creating awareness to the public about the HIV/AIDS. In addition to that, the preventions for the disease should also be a common knowledge to the people around the world.

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