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HSCI 225
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KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT STUDIES
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
ODLM ASSIGNMENT
HSCI 225
SEMINAR ON HIV/AIDS
Date due !t"
N#$e%e' 2(()*
Answer true or false and give the reason why
1. The majority of men, women, children worldwide living with HIV/AIDS residesin the .S
!. AIDS has re"laced malaria, T.# as the world$s leading ca%se of death d%e toinfectio%s disease among ad%lts
&. Africa is the continent with the most ad%lts and children c%rrently living withHiv/Aids
'. A "erson can (e infected with HIV for many years (efore any sym"toms occ%r
). A child cannot (e infected with HIV/AIDS even if he /she is se*%ally a(%sed.
+. Any hild who is HIV "ositive can infect other children while "laying with them.
-. A child who is HIV "ositive sho%ld not slee" in the same (ed with other children
(eca%se sharing (eds can infect other children.
. If an AIDS "arent who has o"en sin lesions h%gs a child there is a ris ofinfecting that child.
0. An %n(orn child has a &2 ris of (eing infected with HIV if the mother is HIV
"ositive
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1. All (a(ies (orn to HIV "ositive mothers will test "ositive for the anti(ody HIV
test.
11. All (a(ies who are (orn to HIV "ositive mothers and who test HIV "ositive at
(irth definitely have HIV infection.
1!. Delivering (y caesarean section will red%ce the ris of the (a(y (eing infectedwith the HIV vir%s from an HIV "ositive mother.
1&. Delivery thro%gh the vagina will red%ce the ris of HIV infection of the (a(ysince there is less (lood involved.
1'. #oiling the (reast mil of an HIV "ositive mother (efore giving to the (a(y willred%ce riss of infection thro%gh (reast mil.
1). The only s%re way to r%le o%t "ossi(ilities of mothers infecting their children with
the HIV vir%s is (y having fathers and mothers test for HIV when e*"ecting or
"lanning to have a (a(y.
1+. 3rolonged (reastfeeding for %" to ! years will increase chances of the (a(y (eing
infected with the HIV (y 1 to ! "ercent.
1-. A "regnant woman has an added ris of HIV infection if she is anemic or
e*"eriences severe hemorrhage.
1. 4amily "lanning and the %se of the condom will red%ce the "revalence of "ediatricAIDS
10. Treatment of an HIV "ositive mother will not red%ce the ris of the (a(y (einginfected.
!. 5o%nds on the ni""le of a (reastfeeding mother will increase the ris of the child
(eing infected with the HIV vir%s.
!1. A "erson can have an STD witho%t any sym"tom or sign
!!. A hristian wife cannot have an STD
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!&. All STDs e*ce"t HIV can (e c%red with "ro"er treatment
!'. Vaginal discharge in a woman means that she definitely has an STD
!). Se* with a virgin will c%re an STD of an old man
!+. The (est thing to do if yo% s%s"ect an STD is to inform yo%r se*%al "artner.
!-. 6nly "eo"le who have interco%rse can contract an STD
!. 5ife cleansing can e*"ose one to STDs and even HIV
!0. It is (etter to remove the c%rse from the family when one loses a h%s(and than toa(andon tradition.
&. A married hristian man sho%ld %se a condom when he s%s"ects that he has an
STD
&1. It is im"ossi(le for an African man to (e faithf%l to one se*%al "artner