*March of DimesVolunteer Opportunity!

Becki Goss Shepherd

Email: BGossShepherd@marchofdimes.com

*General Meeting Reminders

$15 due to Shirin$20 next time!

Active members can:Apply for an officer

positionAttend SIGHT field

tripsComplete an Honors

ContractAnd put SIGHT on

your resume!

Honors ContractsGraded next weekNew prompts given

on Nov 22nd

T-Shirts!

Dr. Peter Hotez

Scientist, pediatrician, and leading advocate

and expert in the fields of global health,

vaccinology, and NTD control

Presentation + ReceptionDate: Nov 19thLoc: Kaiser AuditoriumTime: TBA

*Upcoming Events

I Am Because We Are

Documentary + DiscussionDate: Nov 22nd

Loc: Memorial Drawing RoomTime: TBA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46jrbEYP69Y

• Ribbons: $1!

• Sold after SIGHT meetings on 11/8 and 11/22

• In BSB on 11/21

• In SUB on 11/22

• Proceeds go to Keep A Child

Alive

• Wear them on December 2nd!

*AIDSHuman Immunodeficiency Virus

(HIV) is a small, slowly replicating retrovirus that leads to AIDS (Acquired immunodeficiency virus)

HIV affects the body’s Helper T cells

Causes a weakened immune response that allows for opportunistic infections and cancers

HIV is spread by contact of bodily fluids including: syringe sharing, sexual contact, blood infusions, and the consumption of breast milk

AIDS was first documented in 1981 in the US although the origins are believed to be in primates in west-central Africa

*AIDS Cont.

Worldwide, there were about 2.5 million new cases of HIV in 2011

About 34.2 million people are living with HIV around the world

In 2010, there were about 1.8 million deaths in persons with AIDS, and nearly 30 million people with AIDS have died worldwide since the epidemic began

*AIDS in BotswanaThe CDC and the

Government of Botswana partnership began in 1995 to strengthen TB control

through public health research

With the launch of the CDC DGHA office in 2000, the

partnership grew to include HIV prevention, care and treatment and strategic information programs to

maximize the quality, coverage and impact of

Botswana’s national response to the HIV

epidemic.

*AIDS in Botswana Cont.24.8% Estimated Prevalence (Age 15–

49)

5,800 Estimated Deaths (2009)

93,000 Estimated Orphans

145,190 Reported Number of People Receiving ART

170,000 Estimated Number of People Needing ART

*Saturday is for Funerals

Unity DowIs a practicing

lawyer in BotswanaAuthor of four

novelsShe was formerly a

judge with both the Botswana High Court and The

Interim Constitutional Court

of Kenya

Max EssexIs Lasker Professor

of Health Sciences at Harvard University

Has been involved in AIDS research from the earliest days of the U.S. epidemic in

1982

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COm-HgJYa7c

Discussion Time!

Kea leboga!