What is HIV and AIDS?
What is HIV and AIDS?
What is HIV and AIDS?
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How <strong>HIV</strong> cannot be transmitted?<br />
How can I protect myself from <strong>HIV</strong>?<br />
Hugging<br />
Shaking<br />
H<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Sharing<br />
chopsticks<br />
K<strong>is</strong>sing<br />
From a<br />
toilet seat<br />
Mosquito<br />
bite<br />
The main ways to protect yourself are to reduce your r<strong>is</strong>k to <strong>HIV</strong> transm<strong>is</strong>sion. It<br />
means looking carefully at your lifestyle <strong>and</strong> eliminating or reducing any r<strong>is</strong>ky<br />
behaviour that can make you vulnerable to <strong>HIV</strong>. It also means having an <strong>HIV</strong> test to<br />
determine your status. Here are some of the ways:<br />
Safer sex Th<strong>is</strong> includes:<br />
a) Using condoms correctly <strong>and</strong> cons<strong>is</strong>tently.<br />
b) Reducing the number of sexual partners. Fewer partners = less exposure to<br />
transm<strong>is</strong>sion.<br />
c) Changing the type of sex you engage in = non-penetrative sex.<br />
d) Abstaining from sex.<br />
e) Being tested <strong>and</strong> treated for sexually transmitted d<strong>is</strong>eases (STDs).<br />
Harm Reduction:<br />
a) Not sharing needles.<br />
b) Being aware of how to d<strong>is</strong>pose of needles correctly <strong>and</strong> obtain clean needles.<br />
Being aware of the basic facts of <strong>HIV</strong>.<br />
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