aids艾滋病英文 课件.pptVIP

?AIDS; What is AIDS?;What causes AIDS?;2 H i s o r y ;Genetic research indicates that HIV originated in west-central Africa during the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. AIDS was first recognized by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1981 and its cause, HIV, identified in the early 1980s. AIDS is now a pandemic. ;What are the symptoms of AIDS?;People with AIDS also have an increased risk of developing various cancers such as Kaposis sarcoma （ [sɑ:k?um?]特发性出血性肉瘤）, cervical （[s?:vik?l] 颈部的） cancer and cancers of the immune system known as lymphomas （[limf?um?] 淋巴瘤）. ;Additionally, people with AIDS often have systemic symptoms of infection like fevers, sweats (particularly at night), swollen glands（[gl?nd]）, chills, weakness, and weight loss. ;The spread of AIDS way;1.Mother-to-child transmission;2. Sexually transmitted;3.Transmitted through blood.;; Like no other plague before, the AIDS epidemic threatens to wipe out an entire generation and leave another without parents. We must not let cultural, racial, or social barriers distract us from the job that must be done. Nor can we let political inefficiency stop us from our task. This is an undeclared war that everyone must sign up for in order for us to win. We simply cannot let people continue to die because we dont feel comfortable talking about AIDS. Everyone must become an educator and learn to live. ;Thanks for watching!