AIDS facts!

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Some AIDS facts:


1. The ABC of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome A = Abstinence B = Be Faithful C = Condoms

2. DID YOU KNOW?

3. every 9½ minutes, someone in the United States is infected with the virus.

4. There are more than 1 million people in the United States are living with HIV.

5. Of those 1 million people living with HIV, 1 of 5 don't know they are infected. (People who have HIV but don't know it can unknowingly pass the virus to their partners.)

6. Despite new therapies people with HIV still develop AIDS.

7. More than 14,000 people with AIDS still die each year in the United States.

8. SOME BACIS FACTS

9. HOW IS HIV TRANSMITTED?

10. By having sex, with a person who has HIV infection.

11. By sharing needles, syringes, or other injection equipment with a person who injects drugs and has HIV.

12. From women with HIV to their babies, before or during birth or through breastfeeding after birth.

13. From getting a blood transfusion from a person with HIV.

14. HOW IS HIV NOT TRANSMITTED?

15. shaking hands or hugging a person with HIV/AIDS.

16. using a public telephone.

17. drinking fountain.

18. using restroom.

19. swimming in the pool.

20. sharing a drink.

21. coughed or sneezed.

22. mosquito bite.

23. 3 critical ways of reducing your risk of getting HIV and live longer.

24. 1 Don't have sex at all.

25. 2 Only have sex if you are in a mutually monogamous relationship and you have both tested negative for HIV.

26. Use a condom every time you 3 have any kind of sex. Yes, any kind.

27. BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. HOW? READ ON.

28. We should know whether or not we are infected with HIV.

29. We should If we are know infected, we whether or should seek not we are medical infected care. with HIV.

30. We should If we are We should know infected, we protect whether or should seek ourselves not we are medical and others infected care. from HIV. with HIV.

31. We should If we are We should We should know infected, we protect educate whether or should seek ourselves ourselves not we are medical and others and others infected care. from HIV. about HIV. with HIV.

32. THIS WAY YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE AS AN INDIVIDUAL

33. We should mobilize to overcome the challenges and barriers to HIV prevention;

34. We should fight ignorance and complacency related to HIV;

35. We should increase the awareness about the severity of epidemic and the continued impact that HIV is having on our communities;

36. We should increase the awareness about the severity of epidemic and the continued impact that HIV is having on our communities;

37. We should work to prevent stigma and discrimination—and to increase support for people living with HIV.

38. There’s a lot to do

39. There’s a lot to do THINK ABOUT IT.

40. We must recognize the epidemic here, in this country, for the crisis that it still is;

41. We must recognize the epidemic here, in this country, for the crisis that it still is; We must implement the programs that scientific evidence tells us are most effective;

42. We must recognize the epidemic here, in this country, for the crisis that it still is; We must implement the programs that scientific evidence tells us are most effective; We must ensure that those who need effective prevention interventions have access to them;

43. We must recognize the epidemic here, in this country, for the crisis that it still is; We must implement the programs that scientific evidence tells us are most effective; We must ensure that those who need effective prevention interventions have access to them; We must come together to intensify efforts and the stop this epidemic.

44. It’s possible . . . . . . . . . . . .

45. Together, we have the power to change the course of the HIV epidemic.

46. We will see the Sunshine. Together.