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  2. List of HIV/AIDS cases and deaths registered by region

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    Using WHO statistics, in 2012 the number of people living with HIV was growing at a faster rate (1.98%) than worldwide human population growth (1.1% annual), [2] and the cumulative number of people with HIV is growing at roughly three times faster (3.22%). The costs of treatment is significantly increasing burden on healthcare systems when ...

  3. List of HIV-positive people - Wikipedia

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    HIV is spread primarily by unprotected sex (including anal and oral sex), contaminated blood transfusions, hypodermic needles, and from mother to child during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding. Because of lack of public acceptance, people infected with HIV are frequently subjected to stigma and discrimination. [1]

  4. David J. Acer - Wikipedia

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    David J. Acer (November 11, 1949 – September 3, 1990) was an American dentist who allegedly infected six of his patients, including Kimberly Bergalis, with HIV. [1] The Acer case is considered the first documented HIV transmission from a healthcare worker to a patient in the United States, [2] though the means of transmission remain unknown. [3]

  5. HIV-positive people - Wikipedia

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    Infection with HIV is determined by an HIV test.As of 2021, 85% of all people living with HIV knew their status. [2]The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Amnesty International, the Global Network of Sex Work Projects and the Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, have all condemned forced HIV testing actions as infringements on human rights and conflicting with proven ...

  6. Kimberly Bergalis - Wikipedia

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    The eldest of three daughters, Bergalis was born in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, in 1968, where her family lived until moving to Florida in 1978. In 1985, she enrolled at the University of Florida and majored in business.

  7. Category:People with HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    B. Keith Bakker; Heidi Balch; Violet Banda; Paul Banke; Kirk Baptiste; Andy Bell (singer) Nadja Benaissa; Richard Berkowitz; Berlin Patient; Gabriele Bertaccini

  8. HIV/AIDS in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As of 2018, about 700,000 people have died of HIV/AIDS in the United States since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and nearly 13,000 people with AIDS in the United States die each year. [7] With improved treatments and better prophylaxis against opportunistic infections, death rates have significantly declined. [8]

  9. HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    Unemployment in people with HIV/AIDS also is associated with suicidal ideation, memory problems, and social isolation. Employment increases self-esteem, sense of dignity, confidence, and quality of life for people with HIV/AIDS. Anti-retroviral treatment may help people with HIV/AIDS work more, and may increase the chance that a person with HIV ...