What is HIV? HIV is Human Immunodeficiency Virus

and when a person is infected with the virus, his or her body fluids e.g. blood, semen and vaginal secretions will contain HIV and antibody against the virus.

What is AIDS? AIDS stands for Acquire Immune

Deficiency Syndrome. It is the condition that occurs when HIV

has weaken the body’s defense system and a person begins to fall ill.

How HIV is contacted? HIV is found in the body fluids and can be

transmitted when a fluid from an infected person enters the body of another person through:

Sexual intercourse Blood transfusion Using unsterile skin-piercing instruments From infected mother to her infant during

pregnancy, childbirth or breast milk.

The symptoms of AIDS? Prolonged diarrhea Persistent fever Persistent cough Skin infections Enlargement of glands in the neck, groin

and / or armpit. Unexplained weight loss.

Prevention of HIV infection Abstinence Be faithful to one uninfected partner Use of condom Persistent cough Skin infections Enlargement of glands in the neck, groin

and / or armpit. Unexplained weight loss.