What is the importance of HIV awareness?

What is the importance of HIV awareness?

 Increased awareness of safe practices to prevent HIV infection results in people being more careful and ultimately decreases infection rates.  HIV/AIDS Awareness programmes help people become aware of the levels of care and treatment, whether they are living with HIV or caring for someone with this disease.

What is the history of HIV?

Scientists believe that HIV originally came from a virus particular to chimpanzees in West Africa during the 1930s, and originally transmitted to humans through the transfer of blood through hunting. Over the decades, the virus spread through Africa, and to other parts of the world.

How did first person get STD?

“Two or three of the major STIs [in humans] have come from animals. We know, for example, that gonorrhoea came from cattle to humans. Syphilis also came to humans from cattle or sheep many centuries ago, possibly sexually”….

What is important of reading?

Learning to read is about listening and understanding as well as working out what is printed on the page. Through hearing stories, children are exposed to a wide range of words. This helps them build their own vocabulary and improve their understanding when they listen, which is vital as they start to read.

What is HIV awareness campaign?

The Let’s Stop HIV Together campaign (formerly known as Act Against AIDS) includes resources and partnerships aimed at stopping HIV stigma and promoting HIV testing, prevention, and treatment. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sponsors this campaign.

How is HIV awareness spread?

Practise safer sex to help prevent the spread of HIV. Get tested if you think you’ve put yourself at risk, as early diagnosis and treatment is important….It can be transmitted:

1. through sexual contact.
2. through sharing of HIV-contaminated needles and syringes.
3. from mother to child before, during, or shortly after birth.

How can HIV be prevented?

You can use strategies such as abstinence (not having sex), never sharing needles, and using condoms the right way every time you have sex. You may also be able to take advantage of HIV prevention medicines such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP).