የዓለም ኤድስ ቀን

የዓWorld AIDS Day

Million Abiyu

Stamp Info

Stamp ID: 1294

Size:
30 X 40 mm

Quantity:
105,000

Date of Issue:
January 31, 1991

Denominations:
Birr 0.15, 0.85 1.00

Process of Printing:
Lithography in four colors

Printed by:
osterreichisch staatsdrukerei—Austria

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World AIDS Day – 1990

AIDS is a serious health problem which affects women, men and children in countries around the world. It is estimated that at least 6,000,000 people are now infected with HIV and that approximately 2,000,000 or one third -are women. It is expected that by the end of 1992, a cumulative total of over 350,000 cases of AIDS will have occurred among women, or three times as many as had occurred by the end of the 1980s; and is also projected that by the year 2,000, an estimated 6,000,000 cases of AIDS will have occurred among men, women and children, or ten times the current estimated number of cases.

“WORLD AIDS DAY 1990” is said to focus on “Women and AIDS”. The focus on women on 1 December 1990 reflected the increasing impact of AIDS on women, as well as the crucial role women play in preventing infection with human immune deficiency virus (HIV) and caring for HIV-infected people and people with AIDS.

HIV is spread:-.

By sexual intercourse – from man to woman, from woman to man and from man to man.
Through blood – by receiving a transfusion of contaminated blood; or if needles or other skin-piercing instruments are used more than once without being properly cleaned and sterilized after each use.
From infected mothers to their infants, either before, during or after birth.

Symptoms of AIDS:-

– Rapid loss of body weight

– Chronic diarrhea and fever lasting for a month

– Persistent increase in size of the lymph nodes

Prevention:-

The most effective means of preventing the sexual spread of HIV is remaining with a faithful, uninfected partner or not having sexual intercourse at all. Otherwise, a person should reduce the number of his/her sexual partners as much as possible. People Mould avoid sexual intercourse with prostitutes or other people who have many sexual Partners. Whenever having sexual inter-course with someone who might possibly be infected with HIV, a condom should be used properly from start to finish.

Infection through blood can be stopped in a variety of ways, VIZ;

• Fortunately, blood transfusion can be tested for infection with HIV and discarded if contaminated.

• Needles and other skinpiercing instruments can be sterilized after each use.

• Drug users can and should stop injecting drugs; if they continue, they should use only sterile needles and not share them with anyone. In general, until medical research gives us a drug to cure AIDS or a vaccine to prevent it, we must rely on changes in personal behavior to prevent the spread of HIV.