Health Education to Prevent HIV/AIDS & STIs - Department of ...

Department of Education TVET Division
HIV/AIDS & STI Teacher Guide
Learning outcome 2: Explain how HIV damages the body
Lesson 4
By the end of the lesson the students can…..
2.1 Explain what happens when HIV enters the blood system
2.2 Explain how the immune system works and how it reacts to HIV
2.3 Explain what happens when the immune system cannot protect the body
(AIDS)
Resources: Scrap paper
a. Introduction (20 mins) Quiz
Put the participants in pairs. Give them scrap paper to use. Ask them these 8 quiz
questions.
i) HIV and AIDS are the same thing. True or false
ii) What do the letters H and I and V stand for
iii) What do the letters A and I and D and S stand for
iv) Which four body fluids can transmit HIV
v) People are infected by HIV in three ways. What are these three modes of
transmission
vi) List three things you can do which do not have any risk of HIV transmission.
vii) Most people with HIV in PNG do not know they are infected. True or false
viii) Where did HIV come from
3) Once they have completed the test, they can self mark. Here are the answers. Use
them to explain key information about the virus. Refer them to the Resource Book
and the Question Wall if they have questions.
The Answers
i) HIV and AIDS are the same thing. True or false
False. HIV is the germ (a virus) that causes AIDS. AIDS when HIV has damaged
your immune system so other diseases can attack your body (like pneumonia,
diarrhoea and TB). You can be HIV positive for a long time and look healthy. Only
when your immune system fails are you said to have AIDS.
ii) What do the letters H and I and V stand for
Human Immunodeficiency Virus – a natural virus that infects humans and attacks
and destroys their immune system.
iii) What do the letters A and I and D and S stand for
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome – a collection of illnesses and diseases that
you get when your immune system is damaged by HIV
iv) Which four body fluids can transmit HIV
Blood, semen (kok wara), vaginal fluid (kan wara) and breast milk
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