Hiv/Aids Sensitisation Campaign in Turkana County

05/02/2023

RANDOM QUESTION=>
If the HIV virus can only survive around 30 seconds when exposed to air, why do we say we can catch it from a needle that has been on the ground for hours?

ANSWER=>
There’s an idea that because HIV is fragile and can’t tolerate exposure to oxygen, that means the instant blood leaves the body it’s totally safe.

Some HIV conspiracy nutters even think this is “proof” that HIV could not have come from people slaughtering monkeys for meat, because if you’re butchering an infected animal, its blood touches the air, and then if you cut yourself and you are exposed to the animal’s blood, well, the blood touched air so it can’t infect you.

So let’s think about this.

The virus has a fragile capsid—the outer shell—that’s destroyed on contact with air. A naked virus on its own that is exposed to air is inactivated.

Ah, but blood is a liquid.

A naked virus inside a drop of liquid is not exposed to air until the liquid evaporates!

And are viruses usually naked?

Viruses are tiny strands of RNA or DNA wrapped in a case made of protein molecules. They reproduce by entering a cell and taking over the cell, hijacking it to manufacture more viruses.

A virus inside a cell is not exposed to air until the cell dries out and ruptures.

A virus inside a cell inside a drop of liquid is pretty well protected from air.

Now, once the liquid dries out, the cell shrivels and then ruptures and it’s adios, muchachos. But as long as the blood is still wet, it’s potentially infectious.

A needle that has been on the ground for hours has dried out. Whatever blood was on or in it, it’s long past the point of being infectious. To my knowledge, there has never once been a case of HIV infection from a dirty needle sitting out for hours.

However, if the blood is still wet? Yes, it can still infect you. Air is not Magic HIV Death Cooties. The umpire doesn’t call “safe!” the instant blood leaves the body, direct fluid contact with wet, HIV-positive blood can infect you.

19/09/2016

According to the Turkana of Lodwar township, Kenya, HIV-1/AIDS and TB are largely contagious and are attributed to impersonal and natural causes. In addition, in line with biomedical knowledge, the Turkana's local knowledge emphasises a conceptual link between TB and HIV-1/AIDS. The study also demonstrates that factors of the ecosystem such as kaada, poverty, widow inheritance, migration and other socio-cultural practices play an influential role in the vulnerability of the Turkana to the contraction and transmission of both TB and HIV-1/AIDS. The study also posits an integrated approach to the prevention of TB and HIV-1 and to the management of AIDS and TB.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/24280882_Local_knowledge_of_the_link_between_tuberculosis_and_HIV-1AIDS_among_the_Turkana_of_Lodwar_township_implications_for_tuberculosis_and_HIV-1AIDS_prevention

This article is extracted from a doctoral thesis that was supported by a research grant from the International Development Research Centre of Canada (IDRC)'s Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health...

05/08/2016

KEEP HIV/AIDS ERADICATION HOPE ALIVE!!!
A cure for HIV is one step closer as scientists discover how to boost immune cells which can kill the virus.
Some infections, such as HIV, cannot be cured with antiviral therapy because the virus effectively hides from the immune system.
But an international team of scientists has discovered a specialised type of white blood cells can find these 'hidden' infected cells and destroy them.

16/03/2016

If this is true as they say then as a people God has given us mercy. But at the same time s*x life will change from better to worse...figure it out yourself.
http://canceravoidmid.com/good-news-hivaids-cure-finally-found-doctors-confirm/

14/02/2016

Happy valentines. Remember STIs are highly roaming at this 'love' celebration juncture. Including 'babayao' hiv/aids. Stay protected.

05/02/2016

World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the disease linked to the Zika virus a global health emergency. But guess what? The virus was modified in the labs in the US to achieve whatever results!
I just think that this is another weapon of biological warfare as part of the new world order aimed at controlling the world population. Imagine the mosquitoes carrying the virus were first released in Brazil, one of the most populous nations in the Americas. Apart from being responsible for underdeveloped brains in new born babies (microcephaly), the virus also causes miscarriage and thus prevents successful pregnancy and birth.
This virus has been put in the same category as the Ebola virus. Anyone remember the recent suspicious outbreak of Ebola in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea? And all US did was send its troops to go help in setting up tents for patients to be quarantined and treated? As if it needs any specialized skills to set up a tent. While Cuba sent several medical professionals including doctors with at least 15 years of experience. Cuba easily won that case of health diplomacy. The world will need Cuba again or someone else to rise to the occasion and win this new case of health diplomacy.

02/12/2015

Article #3:- ...IGNORANCE DOES.
1st December, every year is HIV/AIDs day around the globe since 1988. A day dedicated to awareness of Aids pandemic caused by spread of HIV infection.
Millions of people have succumbed to this disease largely due to ignorance, especially the youths.
Quote-"Kissing and hugging doesn't spread HIV/AIDS. Ignorance does."
This is the reason why the number of people with this disease now is twice the number it was ten years ago.
Despite a steep road we are building, there is at least hope that it might be less vertiginous to us at some point. Right now people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS now have normal life expectancy. All we all need to do is rethink on challenges that come in-hand with this enigma:- outdated stereotypes, stigmatization, challenge of mysterious myths and eventually be positive about HIV and tell the truth about it, then we will achieve a lot towards eradicating it. Kenya is projecting this to 2030 and Turkana is also on board.
In Turkana, it is purely illiteracy and ignorance that dooms us. There were a times when we were rest assured that our remote rural areas (native: raya) are completely clean-meaning HIV/AIDS free. But what about now?
Its spreading mercilessly and people still ignore it basing on their different believes.
It is up to us who are aware of this pandemic and who can see what it is capable of and also know its matrix, to help others. Above all, God help us all. Some people say this is a god-sent disease that only God can out-wind -that is spiritual anyway.
By Emuron E.P
Exclusive: - Recent facts, findings and statistics of HIV/AIDS(world health organization)
• Every year an average of 89,000 adults and about 11,000 children are infected by HIV in Kenya.
• About 30 per cent of the more than 130 000 s*x workers in Kenya are living with HIV. This is equivalent to more than 38,000 people.
• In 2015, Cuba was the first country declared to have eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
• An estimated 1.6 million people, or roughly four per cent of the population, are living with HIV in Kenya.
• Every year an average of 89,000 adults and about 11,000 children in Kenya are infected with HIV.
• About 11,000 Aids-related deaths, a quarter of total deaths occur among children.
• From the Kenya Aids Indicator Survey 2012, more than half of Kenyans living with HIV did not know their HIV status; 16 per cent had never tested (or received test results if tested) and 37 per cent believed they were negative based on self-reporting.
• Over 680,000 persons living with HIV, including 60,000 children aged 0-14 received antiretroviral treatment.
• More than 70 per cent of HIV-positive pregnant women received antiretroviral prophylaxis to prevent transmission to their new born children.
Who is most at risk from HIV?(dailynation-kenya)
• At more than 10 per cent, HIV prevalence is highest among women and men aged 25 to 44.
• AIDS is the leading cause of death and illness among adolescents and young people in Kenya: 9,720 adolescents and young people died of AIDS in Kenya in 2014.
• About 16 per cent of people living with HIV are teenagers and youth.
• Nearly one in three persons newly infected with HIV is a teenager or youth, aged between 15-24 years.
• Young women are particularly at risk with those aged 15 - 24 years contributing to 21 per cent of all new infections in Kenya.
How are people being infected?(dailynation-kenya)
• Condom use among people with multiple s*xual partners is less than 40 per cent.
• One in six men who have s*x with men and people who inject drugs are HIV positive.
• About 30 per cent of the more than 130000 s*x workers in Kenya are living with HIV. This is equivalent to more than 38,000 people.
• Due to a fast-track program targeting s*x workers, incidence of s*xually transmitted infections dropped from 27 per cent among those screened in 2013 to just three per cent in 2015.
THANK YOU FOR BEING POSITIVE ON HIV/AIDS.
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21/10/2015

WAKE UP!!! facts.
1. “HIV” (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a virus that infects the immune system, decreasing its ability to fight off other infections and diseases.

2. HIV can be transmitted through unprotected s*x, transmission of infected blood, sharing infected needles or other sharp instruments, and from a mother to her baby during pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding.

3. More than 35 million people live with HIV worldwide.

4. Over 1.1 million people in the US are living with HIV, but almost 1 in 6 don’t know it. Do yourself and loved ones a favor: get tested and encourage others to do the same.

5. About 30 million people have died from HIV/AIDS-related causes since its discovery in 1981. Roughly 1.7 million died of HIV/AIDS in 2011 alone
6. At the end of 2011, there were 3.3 million children living with HIV around the world.

7. 70% of all people living with HIV (24.7 million) live in sub-Saharan Africa, including 91% of the world’s HIV-positive children.

8. Gay and bis*xual men of all races are the most radically affected by HIV in the US.

9. Most people living with or at risk of contracting HIV do not have access to prevention, care, or treatment. As of 2014, there is no cure for the virus.

10. In 2007, approximately 74% of HIV/AIDS diagnoses were in males and 26% in females.

11. Every 9.5 minutes someone is diagnosed with HIV the the US.

18/09/2015

President Uhuru Kenyatta has launched a digital application that seeks to make it easy for the government for HIV/AIDS tracking in the country.The application, known as the HIV Situation Room, is an intelligent systemthat draws data from several independent sub-systems, including the public sector Maisha reporting system as well as Counties and health facilities and presents a national picture in simple graphics for the president and policy makers.
By a click you can get all statistics and information regarding HIV/AIDS.

08/08/2015

Very informing...
Full Article here: http://www.aidsmap.com/HIV-update-5-August-2015/page/2989860/

23/07/2015

when others are tirelessly building, some are busy demolishing....hiv/aids infected persons from homabay lack self respect and love of their souls and lives...
www.who.int/features/factfiles/hiv/en/

WHO fact file on HIV/AIDS: 10 facts and images.