Critical Analysis of HIV: Impact on Health, Epidemiology, Policy Implementation, and Evaluation

Critical Analysis
HIV

1: Impact of HIV on the health of a
defined population
 HIV seeks and destroys CD4+ cells, a type of T lymphocyte (T
cell).
 It damages or destroys the infected CD4+ cell and produces more
virus to infect more CD4+ cells.
 Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the final stage of
HIV. At this stage, the immune system is severely weakened, and
the risk of contracting opportunistic infections is much greater.

Cont..
 People with AIDS may experience a wide range of opportunistic
infections.
 HIV increases the risk of colds, influenza, and pneumonias.
 Salmonella infection is spread through contaminated food or water
and causes diarrhea, abdominal pain, and vomiting.
 HIV/AIDS can cause HIV-associated dementia or AIDS dementia
complex, two conditions that seriously affect cognitive function.
 People with HIV are at increased risk of shingles, which is caused
by herpes zoster, the virus that gives you chickenpox.

2: Rationale for the critical analysis of
HIV
 The rationale for the study is to describe the policy
development process in UK.
 It is to identify how such institutional policies can
be planned, operationalised, monitored and
evaluated with the rising trend of this disease in the
UK.
 The findings show that a comprehensive HIV/AIDS
Institutional Policy (HIP) which followed several
stages during policy development can effectively
works.