Aids

In a recent study, “The Information Series on Current Topics,” it was stated, “they

believe that 2.3 million people worldwide died of aids in 1997, a 50 percent increase over

1996”(2). Question people often ask themselves about aids are: what are aids, how do

you keep safe from aids, and is there a treatment to cure aids.


“Aids stands for a condition called acquired immunodeficiency syndrome”(Ford

15). According to Michael Ford, “the word acquired tells us that aids is something that a

person gets, or acquires, from another person.” Also, “immuno refers to the body’s

immune system and deficiency means that there is a lack of something or not enough of it

to work correctly”(15-16). “Syndrome means a group of conditions or symptoms that

show or indicate, that something is wrong,” according to Michael Ford (16). People

contract Aids through HIV. “HIV stands f...