HOW IS IT PASSED ON TO

OTHERS?

HOW IS IT PASSED ON?

FLUIDS THAT HOLD MORE HIV :

Blood, Semen, Fluids in the vagina,

Mother’s milk

Infection with HIV comes from a very intimate contact between a carrier and the person who is liable to be

infected

The VIRUS can affect any age, sex or race.

HOW IS IT PASSED ON?

In Africa in 90% of cases it is passed on through sexual intercourse

By an HIV carrier

Through sexual intercourse,

With mouth or genitals

through

Penetrations that damage tissues (sodomy) or make contact with blood (during the days of the monthly periods or in the first intercourse)

through

HOW IS IT PASSED ON ?

STDs: gonorrhoea, syphilis, hepatitis B, genital herpes, AIDS…

Drug addicts, homosexuals…

Girls between 15 and 20 years of age

through

HOW IS IT PASSED

ON?

◊ The use of unsterilised instruments that can cause bleeding:

◊ Items for personal use:

* needles, syringes, razor blades, tools for tattooing or circumcision...

* razor, toothbrush, pair of scissors…

THROUGH THE BLOOD of an infected personHOW IS IT

PASSED ON?

BLOOD TRANSFUSION BLOOD TRANSFUSION WITHOUT MEDICAL WITHOUT MEDICAL SUPERVISIONSUPERVISION

ANYBODY CAN CONTACT AIDS BUT EVERYBODY CAN AVOID IT

Through the blood of an infected personHOW IS IT

PASSED ON?

2,3 millon children live with HIV/AIDS 570.000 children died of AIDS in the year 2005

During pregnancy, When giving birth, During breastfeeding, through the mother’smilk.

HOW IS IT PASSED

ON?

PROSITUTES

WIFE OR HUSBAND OF AN HIV-CARRIER

HOMO- SEXUALS

LONG

DISTANCE

LORRY

DRIVERS

DRUG ADDICTS

TEACHERS

OIL TANKERS

HOW IS IT PASSED ON?

PrisonersClients of

prostitutes

Emigrants Refugees

Those who have had an STD

HOW IS IT PASSED ON?

WITH

= PEOPLE AT RISK

= PROSTITUTES,

= CARRIERS OF HIV/AIDS,

= MANY DIFFERENT PARTNERS

= A CASUAL GIRLFRIEND OR BOYFRIEND

MOST RISKY SEXUAL INTERCOURSE HOW IS IT

PASSED ON?