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HIV can lead to AIDS, which stands for:
HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. It weakens a person’s immune system by destroying important cells that fight disease and infection. When the immune system becomes weak, we lose our protection against illness and can develop serious, often life-threatening, infections and cancers. No effective cure exists for HIV. But with proper medical care, HIV can be controlled. Some groups of people in the United States are more likely to get HIV than others because of many factors including their sex partners, their risk behaviors, and where they live. Most people have few, if any, symptoms for several years after they are infected. But once HIV gets into the body, it can do serious damage to the immune system. People who appear perfectly healthy may have the virus, without knowing it, and pass it on to others. HIV can lead to Acquired Immune Deficiency syndrome, or AIDS. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is the final and most serious stage of HIV disease, which causes severe damage to the immune system. It usually takes many years before HIV breaks down a person’s immune system and causes AIDS. Most people have few, if any, symptoms for several years after they are infected. But once HIV gets into the body it can do serious damage to the immune system. People who appear perfectly healthy may have the virus without knowing it and pass it on to others.
HIV stands for:
Most people have few, if any, symptoms for several years after they are infected. But once HIV gets into the body, it can do serious damage to the immune system. People who appear perfectly healthy may have the virus, without knowing it, and pass it on to others. HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. It weakens a person’s immune system by destroying important cells that fight disease and infection. When the immune system becomes weak, we lose our protection against illness and can develop serious, often life-threatening, infections and cancers. No effective cure exists for HIV. But with proper medical care, HIV can be controlled. Some groups of people in the United States are more likely to get HIV than others because of many factors including their sex partners, their risk behaviors, and where they live.
True or False:
After years of research, a cure for HIV was discovered in 2004.
HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. It weakens a person’s immune system by destroying important cells that fight disease and infection. When the immune system becomes weak, we lose our protection against illness and can develop serious, often life-threatening, infections and cancers. No effective cure exists for HIV. But with proper medical care, HIV can be controlled. Some groups of people in the United States are more likely to get HIV than others because of many factors including their sex partners, their risk behaviors, and where they live. Most people have few, if any, symptoms for several years after they are infected. But once HIV gets into the body, it can do serious damage to the immune system. People who appear perfectly healthy may have the virus, without knowing it, and pass it on to others.
True or False:
According to UNAIDS, there were 36.7 million people living with HIV in 2015. This is an increase from previous years.
In 2015, 39,513 people were diagnosed with HIV infection in the United States. The number of new HIV diagnoses fell 19 percent from 2005 to 2014. Because HIV testing has remained stable or increased in recent years, this decrease in diagnoses suggests a true decline in new infections. The decrease may be due to targeted HIV prevention efforts; however, progress has been uneven and diagnoses have increased among a few groups. According to the latest estimates from UNAIDS: There were 36.7 million people living with HIV in 2015, up from 33.3 million in 2010, the result of continuing new infections, people living longer with HIV, and general population growth. Global prevalence (the percentage of people ages 15 to 49 who are infected) has leveled since 2001 and was 0.8 percent in 2015.
That same year, 1.1 million people died of AIDS, a 45 percent decrease since its peak in 2005. Deaths have declined due in part to antiretroviral treatment (ART) scale-up. HIV remains a leading cause of death worldwide and the number one cause of death in Africa.
HIV remains a leading cause of death worldwide and the number one cause of death in:
There were 36.7 million people living with HIV in 2015, up from 33.3 million in 2010, the result of continuing new infections, people living longer with HIV, and general population growth. Global prevalence (the percentage of people ages 15 to 49 who are infected) has leveled since 2001 and was 0.8 percent in 2015. That same year, 1.1 million people died of AIDS, a 45 percent decrease since its peak in 2005. Deaths have declined due in part to antiretroviral treatment (ART) scale-up. HIV remains a leading cause of death worldwide and the number one cause of death in Africa. There were about 2.1 million new infections in 2015, or about 5,700 new infections per day. While there have been significant declines in new infections since the mid-1990s, new infections among adults have failed to decline over the past five years and incidence is rising in some regions. Most infections are transmitted heterosexually, although risk factors vary. In some countries men who have sex with men, intravenous drug users, sex workers, transgender people, and prisoners are disproportionally affected by HIV.
From the video “Controlling the HIV Pandemic”
True or False:
There are 3 million new HIV infections each year.
See video: Controlling the HIV Pandemic
ART stands for:
In 2015, 39,513 people were diagnosed with HIV infection in the United States. The number of new HIV diagnoses fell 19 percent from 2005 to 2014. Because HIV testing has remained stable or increased in recent years, this decrease in diagnoses suggests a true decline in new infections. The decrease may be due to targeted HIV prevention efforts; however, progress has been uneven and diagnoses have increased among a few groups. According to the latest estimates from UNAIDS: There were 36.7 million people living with HIV in 2015, up from 33.3 million in 2010, the result of continuing new infections, people living longer with HIV, and general population growth. Global prevalence (the percentage of people ages 15 to 49 who are infected) has leveled since 2001 and was 0.8 percent in 2015. That same year, 1.1 million people died of AIDS, a 45 percent decrease since its peak in 2005. Deaths have declined due in part to antiretroviral treatment (ART) scale-up. HIV remains a leading cause of death worldwide and the number one cause of death in Africa.
Most HIV infection is transmitted through:
There were about 2.1 million new infections in 2015, or about 5,700 new infections per day. While there have been significant declines in new infections since the mid-1990s, new infections among adults have failed to decline over the past five years and incidence is rising in some regions. Most infections are transmitted heterosexually, although risk factors vary. In some countries men who have sex with men, intravenous drug users, sex workers, transgender people, and prisoners are disproportionally affected by HIV. Although HIV testing capacity has increased over time, enabling more people to learn their HIV status, about 4 in 10 people with HIV are still unaware they are infected.
From the video “Controlling the HIV Pandemic”
True or False:
One of the ways that HIV is spread is through the air.
See video: Controlling the HIV Pandemic
From the video “Controlling the HIV Pandemic”
True or False:
The vaccine for HIV was first used in Africa in 1988.
See video: Controlling the HIV Pandemic
Humans first acquired HIV from blood contact with apes and gradually transmitted it to more people through unprotected sex, used syringes, and:
See video: HIV and AIDS – Explained in a Simple Way
