9.+The+Reformation

==AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, is a disease where the immune system is destroyed which greatly lowers the resistance to infections and diseases transmitted in blood and sexual fluids. It started in the 1930’s where it originated in rural areas in Africa which then spread further to the United States in 1981. AIDS have changed the world forever as it is the deadliest outbreak of our time. == ==When it was first discovered in the early 1930’s little attention was paid to the disease and nothing was being done to help prevent the disease and the spread, however in 1985 it had spread immensely that it could no longer be ignored, as over 120,000 people were either already dead or infected in America and it was spreading rapidly. == ==More than 22 million people have already died with over 42 million who are presently living with AIDS today. There has been no treatment discovered which will restore their immune system however even if there was a vaccine discovered for AIDS today already 40 million would still suffer and die prematurely. Africa suffers the worst from AIDS leading to death and poverty. Compared to Africa other countries are in their early stages with only 1 million in Chine and 6 million in India with the feel of destruction. The annual number of deaths in the top 53 counties suffering the worst of AIDS reached to 8 million before 2005. == ==According to the //Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division// “By 2001, 14 million children under age 15 had already lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS. Eleven million of those children live in sub-Saharan Africa.” This proves that if AIDS never existed then that there would a huge increase in the population, as so many people have already and are dying from AIDS, there would also be less poverty in the world especially in Africa __and .__ It has deeply affected individuals such as children have lost their families increasing poverty numbers and orphans. A household may fall apart if just one family member dies and children may be made orphans to live on their own or to live with their relatives. == ==AIDS was first called GRID – Gay Related Immune Disorder because it appeared in only homosexual communities, however as time went on and society learnt more about the disease and in 1982 the disease name changed to AIDS – Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. This was because the disease was spreading further than the gay community’s as drug uses caught it using intravenous drugs, then women, children and haemophiliacs. == ==Still up until today there is no cure for the disease, although medical efforts do continue on. So much has already been learnt about the disease and treatments have been created in order to prolong the life. == ==AIDS has helped our understanding of the past as it has stressed the fragility of human life and encourages society to help fight against the race of AIDS as it spreads further and quicker. ==