 Everything you wanted to know about AIDS but were afraid to ask! |
AIDS, a serious condition where the body's immune system is affected. This means that if you have AIDS you become one sickly person!! So your best bet - Prevention since there is no Cure!!
Be aware of safe sex. That's the first step to preventing AIDS.
Condoms are the best possible way to prevent aids, next only to not having sex at all!
Difference between AIDS & HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). You don't know?? Here goes... HIV is the virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). So if you know someone who is HIV-positive, it means they have been infected with the virus. But it does not mean that they have AIDS!!
Estimates say that by 2010, deaths from the AIDS pandemic will be more than deaths caused by bubonic plague, which killed 93 million people.
French kissing can transmit HIV if there are bad teeth and bleeding gums involved. So maybe before you kiss the next time, you may want to check out the mouth.
Globally, AIDS is the fourth leading cause of death. It claims over 8,000 lives every day. That's a little more than 5 people who are dying every minute. Now you know why prevention is better.
HIV is Threat Number 1!
In one day, 20,000 people get infected with AIDS and more than 8,000 people die of AIDS/ HIV worldwide.
JUNP (Joint United Nations Program) on HIV/ AIDS, has estimated $12 billion as needed to fight AIDS around the world, in 2005. Enough funds to feed 20 generations!
Knowledge of how AIDS spreads! Very simply... unsafe sex practices, using the same vaccine as an infected person and blood transfusion is the most common!!
Lentivirus' - that's the family of viruses HIV belongs to. Literally means 'slow virus'
MTCT (Mother To Child Transmission) of AIDS needs to be prevented. HIV positive women should not get pregnant.
Nearly 90% of people with HIV live in the developing world - that's our part of the world... by the way!!
Over 75% of the world's infected people do not know they have HIV or AIDS. The answer: Become Aware. Spread Awareness.
Penis circumcision in heterosexual men reduces the risk of AIDS by 25%.
Questions on AIDS must be asked. When in doubt, ask Remember... it's always better to be safe than sorry!
Risk of getting HIV from blood transfusion or blood products is now less than 1 in 600,000. The world is getting to be a safer place, but we need to do our bit.
Smokers with the HIV virus develop full-blown AIDS 200 times quicker than nonsmokers. One more reason to quit smoking!
There is NO known cure or vaccine for HIV or AIDS. So ignore those quacks and dangerous myths.
Unprotected vaginal or anal sex poses the greatest risk for HIV infection. A one-night stand is all it takes to get AIDS!
Victims of HIV positive are often discriminated. Just remember they need support from you and me. And it could get any one of us...
Women are 8 times more likely than men to contract HIV from one act of intercourse. Watch out girls!
Xtreme caution - that is one of the most important factors in AIDS prevention. By the way, carry a condom...just in case!
You should get a HIV test. Just to make sure that you are okay especially if you feel worried that you have been at risk and could be infected.
Zero tolerance to HIV - that has to be our aim! And you, me and all everybody else has a responsibility to leave behind a safer world...
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