raising consciousness creating awareness basic facts on hiv chetna strc ahmedabad
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Raising Consciousness Creating Awareness
BASIC FACTS ONHIV
CHETNA STRCAhmedabad
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What is HIV?
H -uman Found only in humansFound only in humans Transmitted among humansTransmitted among humans Preventable by humansPreventable by humans
I –mmuno defiency Body lacks ability to fight off infectionsBody lacks ability to fight off infections
V -irus Type of germType of germ Lives and reproduces in body cellsLives and reproduces in body cells
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AIDS
A -cquired; received, not inherited (does not run received, not inherited (does not run
in families)in families)
I -mmuno; protected from (in this case the system protected from (in this case the system
protects the body from disease)protects the body from disease)
D -eficiency, - - a lack ofa lack ofS-yndrome; – a group of symptoms or diseases– a group of symptoms or diseases
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HIV IS FOUND IN BODY FLUIDS
•Semen
•Breast milk
•Blood
•Vaginal fluid
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How HIV is passed on?
During unprotected sex (anal, vaginal or oral)
Contact with HIV infected blood or blood products
Sharing IV drug needles of HIV positive people
From HIV positive mother to child
During breast feeding
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You CANNOT get HIV from…
Tears
Saliva
Sweat
Urine of an HIV infected person
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Window Period
•When a person gets infected it may take 6 weeks or up to 3 months before antibodies to HIV are detected in the blood
•The HIV test looks for antibodies. When these antibodies are detected the person is diagnosed HIV positive
•A person can be positive and the test shows negative because the test was done during the window period
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Why HIV rates not going down?
Sex at an early age Lack of life-skills and sex
education Low condom use Multiple partners Stigma and Discrimination Sex for money or sex for .....things Substance abuse: Ganja, cocaine,
alcohol Men having sex with men &
homophobia Gender inequity and gender roles
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STI and HIV – The Link
Persons with a history of STIs are more likely to get HIV because:
Persons with STIs are more likely to have sores and small breaks in the skin and lining of their genitals.
HIV can more easily enter the body
through these open breaks.
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STI and HIV – The LinkSTI and HIV – The Link
You can get an STI by having sex without a condom, with an infected person.
At the same time, you could be getting HIV which is also contracted by having unprotected sex.
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ALL STIs are Preventable
Most STI’s are treatableBut
HIV/AIDS CANNOT BE CURED
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HIV TB Link
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Prevention Treatment
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Prevention
Talk with your partner about HIV
Use a condom with your regular and non-regular clients, and partners every time you have sex
Reduce the number of main partners
Get tested. Know your status
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Who is most at risk for HIV?
Anybody having sex without a condom.
People with more than 1 partner who don’t use a condom during every sexual act
People whose sex partner has sex with other partners without using a condom
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How You DON’T Get HIV
You CANNOT get HIV by hugging, touching, living with or caring for someone with HIV, shaking hands or kissing.
You CANNOT get HIV from eating out of the same plate or cup or utensils that an HIV positive person uses.
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REMEMBER
You CANNOT tell by looking if someone has HIV.
An individual can look and feel well for many years and be HIV positive.
The HIV positive person can pass the virus on to someone else.
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Getting on with Life
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Can YOU support someone living with HIV?
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