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ICANEWS Junio / Julio 2007, Año 3 # 14
What can be done to stop the spread of AIDS?
by María Clara Funes
ICA Student- Level 8
Nowadays, AIDS is a terrible disease that is spreading widely around the whole world. With the current medical advances there is a bigger chance to stop the spread of this devastating illness. This should be accompanied by human actions as well.

A traditional and very effective deterrent is increasing the use of condoms at the moment of having sexual intercourse. This not only prevents women from getting pregnant but it also helps people from catching this disease. People should also be careful about whom they have sexual relations with. In this aspect, AIDS carriers should be thoughtful and considerate towards the other person and they should let him or her know about their illness before having sex. Another threatening way of catching AIDS is drug consumption. When people inject drugs, they usually share needles. This is a mistake as big as it is to consume drugs since AIDS is found in blood.

Another possible solution lies in medical research. Through the last years, there have been a lot of medical and technological breakthroughs that should be widely applied. Scientists should focus their attention on trying to create a vaccine or any kind of medicine that can prevent people from catching AIDS. There should also be propaganda and more economic resources so that more people can have access to any possible solution provided by scientists, such as vaccines or pills, among others. Propaganda would also make people become aware of the dangers of this illness and would help people take the necessary precautions so as not to catch it.

To conclude, I would say that even though AIDS is spreading around the world, there are many ways to deter this. They imply not only people's actions but also medical advances and both should be improved to get better results.
Glossary
spread: diseminar
current: actual
threatening: amenazador
breakthroughs: innovaciones
deter: disuadir

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