HIV/AIDSUnderstanding the Global Epidemic

WHAT IS HIV??

HIV is called as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). It is the last stage of HIV

HIV is a special kind of virus called retrovirus.

AIDS or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome is the last and final stage of the disease.

WHAT IS AIDS ???

Modes of HIV/AIDS Transmission

1. Through Bodily Fluids

3. Through Sex

2. IntraVenous Drug Abuse

4. Mother-to-Baby

Myths about transmission

Symptoms

Stage 1 – Primary

Stage 2 – Asymptomatic

Stage 3 – Symptomatic

Stage 4 - HIV AIDS

Testing Options for HIV

Anonymous Testing

Blood Detection Tests

Urine Testing

Oral Testing

Treatment Options

HAART = highly active anti-retroviral treatment

Antiretroviral Drugs (HAART)

PRIMARY PREVENTION:

Five ways to protect yourself?

• Abstinence

• Monogamous Relationship

• Protected Sex

• Sterile needles

• New shaving/cutting blades

LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS

Aids & Contemporary Society: Politics, Policies

and Pathophysiology

• Pathophysiology: the virus and its mode of transmission

• Societal and Cultural Responses

• Government Response

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