What is HIV?HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, a virus that attacks the human immune system. Once the body is unable to continue fighting the infection, the disease becomes more serious and is known as AIDS. It typically takes more than 10 years to progress from the HIV virus to AIDS, a deadly disease that has killed more than 25 million people worldwide. HIV can be passed from person to person in different ways. Any type of unprotected sex is a very common way of transmitting HIV. As well as sharing needles, unsterilized tools for tattoos or piercings and exposure in healthcare settings. HIV can even be transmitted to an infant during childbirth from its infected mother. What is happening in Uganda? The first cases of HIV in the country were detected in 1982. About 2.6 million Ugandans were infected while 1.6 million people lost their lives to HIV/AIDS. AIDS disease. HIV/AIDS is a major problem with which 7.2 percent of Uganda's population currently lives. 90% of HIV cases are found in developing countries and Uganda ranks seventh in the world for the number of reported HIV cases. This represents around 1.4 million people, including around 190,000 children. In 2011, an estimated 62,000 people died of AIDS and 1.1 million children were orphaned by the virus. HIV is more common among women with a prevalence rate of 5.4 percent, compared to 2.4 percent among men. Developing countries like Uganda have less money to meet their basic needs. The majority of these people do not have enough money to purchase health care that would help protect them from the virus. Also in Uganda, there is a lack of education on how HIV/AIDS is transmitted. Children need to be educated... middle of paper... and do very little about it. Ugandan residents do not have the means to survive, which is simply unfair and does not allow them to live up to their full potential. Comparing Canada and Uganda, Canada has reported cases of HIV/AIDS, but the numbers are considerably lower than Uganda. An estimated 3,175 new HIV/AIDS infections occurred in Canada in 2011, while approximately 150,000 infections are diagnosed each year in Uganda. An estimated 62,000 Ugandans died of AIDS in 2011, while in 26 years there were 22,322 AIDS diagnoses. There is a major difference between the life expectancy of the two countries. Canada has a high life expectancy at 80.93 years, while Uganda has an estimated lifespan of only 54.07 years, a difference of 26.86 years! This shows the difference between the quality of life of residents of a developed and a developing country, which is enormous..