Vocabulary :
- HIV
and AIDS
"HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus.
AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
HIV is actually the virus that causes the disease AIDS."
(hivaidssearch.com)
Facts :
- AIDS Conference ends with warning
"An international Aids conference has ended with a warning that commitments made by wealthy countries to fund access to HIV treatment may not be met...
The Mexico City conference was the 17th of its kind since acquired immune deficiency syndrome (Aids) emerged in 1981.
The next conference will be held in Vienna in 2010.
"
Three priorities :
- Defeating the discrimination against those with Aids virus flourished
- Focussing research on more coordinated research
- Strengthening health systems in developing nations
(BBC)
- What
is AIDS ? - A guide
- What is Aids?
- What is HIV?
- How do you get it?
- How do you know if you've got it?
- Aids myths
- How common is it?
- Can it be cured?
(CBBC News)
- AIDS
1 Infection by HIV 2 Diagnosis 3 Symptoms and complications
4 Transmission and prevention 5 Treatment
6 Epidemiology 7 Economic impact 8 Stigma 9 Origin of HIV 10 Alternative
hypotheses 11 HIV and AIDS misconceptions
12 Notes and references 13 External links
(Wikipedia)
- HIV
and AIDS
- HIV Hurts the Immune System
- How Many People Have HIV and AIDS?
- How Is HIV Spread?
- What Are the Symptoms of HIV and AIDS?
- How Are HIV and AIDS Diagnosed?
- How Are HIV and AIDS Treated?
- Can HIV and AIDS Be Prevented?
- Living With HIV and AIDS
- Hope for an HIV-Free Future
(hivaidssearch.com)
Pictures :
- AIDS - Pictures
(Philippe Hattais - englishdaybyday.net)
World AIDS Day,
December 1st : 
- World AIDS Day
"The 2007 theme, leadership , highlights the need
for innovation, vision and perseverance in the face of the AIDS challenge.
The campaign calls on all sectors of society such as families, communities
and civil society organisations - rather than just governments - to
take the initiative and provide leadership on AIDS..."
(avert.org)
- UNAIDS - Joint United
Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
+ The 2007 AIDS epidemic update
"reports on the latest developments in the global AIDS epidemic.
The 2007 edition provides the most recent estimates of the AIDS epidemic
and explores new findings and trends in the epidemic s evolution."
+ International consultation on AIDS estimates:
Recommendations
(unaids.org/en)
Listening :
- Learning English - Words in the News : AIDS
conference
- with the text
(BBC)
INTERACTIVE activities :
- People World
Wide: HIV/AIDS
"How does AIDS affect people all over the world? What kind
of personal or family or world problems could AIDS cause? Read each
sentence and choose an answer... The information on this quiz comes
from UNAIDS."
(a4esl.org)
- Quizzes - Lien modifié
PHYSIOLOGY - IMMUNE SYSTEM - HISTORY - MEDICINE - EPIDEMICS
(library.thinkquest.org)
Activities TO PRINT :
Webquests :
- "It
won't happen to me !" - a webquest
"The final task will be double:
1) To create a virtual AIDS magazine with interviews and articles that
will include all the info everybody should know about AIDS.
2) To organise an AIDS school campaign.
To create this magazine you will collaborate in a 4 reporters group.
Each one of you will choose a role and will research about an aspect
of the disease and its social discrimination."
Designed by Mercedes de la Casa and Isabel Pérez
INTERACTIVE games :
- Game:
What would you do?
"An interactive game that explores real life situations with regard
to HIV/AIDS."
(UNICEF - schoolfile.com)
Cartoons :
I've
got AIDS
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Songs :
- The Aids
Stigma song - Lyrics and VIDEO
" There
are viruses, illnesses, cancers, disease
That can wrestle the strongest of men to his knees
But of all the diseases that cut short one s life
Only AIDS has a stigma that cuts like a knife..."
(hiv.co.il)
Videos :
- AIDS
- Explanation + History
(YouTube)
Posters :
- AIDS
Posters from around the world
(digital.library.ucla.edu)
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