HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that may cause an infection, but AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is a condition or a syndrome. Being infected with HIV can lead to the development of AIDS, which stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. AIDS develops when HIV has caused serious damage to the immune system. According to research, the earliest case of HIV was found out in a blood sample of a man from the Democratic Republic of Congo. It’s said that the virus spread from chimpanzees to humans sometime before 1931, most likely during “bush meat trading.
The first case of HIV in Bhutan
was detected in 1993 through routine medical screening. So far 460 people were
detected through various medical screening. It’s a very huge number and we have to cautious
about it. Every year on December 1st, “World AIDS
Day” was observed across the country to raise awareness and show support for
people living with HIV. On this very important day, I would humbly take the privilege
to pray and wish for peaceful journey for those people who are living with HIV
and to those lives which are lost due this incurable disease.
Let us be informed and aware about it! It’s not only them; we must be also
living with that virus. We can never say unless we are checked in the hospital.
So let us be responsible to check ourselves and prevent others from getting it.
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