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It is estimated that 35 million people around the world have the virus, which claimed 1.5 million lives in 2012. In 2014, as the world celebrates World Aids Day, the focus is on creating an AIDS-free generation within the next 15 years.
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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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