The Effect Of Hiv/Aids On Families

In the USA, almost one and a quarter million people are living with AIDS and around 500,000 of these have died. HIV/AIDS thus affects the family members of both living and deceased AIDS patients. Moreover, around 40,000 new AIDS infections happen in the U.S. yearly. According to 2010 data, more than 39 million people were infected with AIDS internationally, and more than 25 million died. Thus, HIV/AIDS affected victims’ families enormously (Michelle, 12-15). This paper discusses the effect of HIV/AIDS on families.The Effect Of Hiv/Aids On Families

Prejudice towards people with HIV infection is very common not only by society but also by family members. Family members can play a vital role in helping the patient fight this deadly disease. AIDS is also affecting families on global scale, in sub-Saharan Africa 28,500,000 people live with AIDS. The primary risk groups for current HIV infection and AIDS are people who have unprotected sexual intercourse; injection drug users; men and women with multiple sexual partners; males who have sex with males; and children of infected mothers. In the era before the blood supply was carefully screened, transfusion-associated HIV infection was also common. (Dennis, 36-38)