Subject :Pandemic HIV/AIDS

Date : 1981 to present

Death : 27 to 48 million

1/ Using your textbook:Epidemics: The Impact of Germs and Their Power over Humanity by Joshua Loomis (ISBN-10: 1684426731ORISBN-13: 978-1684426737)and other supporting resources andresearch the historical consequences of the pandemic HIV/AIDS.

The supporting resources are :

a/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p00548m0

b/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011pldm

c/https://www.qub.ac.uk/campaign/ahss/pandemicpodcast/index.html/utm_source=THE&utm_medium=researchhub&utm_campaign=SMCECWorldClass2021

d/ Merson, Michael H. "The HIV-AIDS Pandemic at 25 The Global Response." The New England Journal of Medicine 354, no. 23 (2006): 2414-417.

e/ Social Science in Action Podcast : The Social Dynamics of Pandemics

2/In a paragraph , answer the following questions:

What infectious agent caused the pandemic?

Where did it start?

Where did it spread?

What is the historical context of the pandemic?

How did it spread? Consider trade routes and technology that aided the transmission of the infectious agent across international boundaries.

What are some social and political consequences of the pandemic? Include at least three consequences in your answer.

Thank you!