Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Email 100: HIV 101: Transmission of HIV


To celebrate my 100th email, I would like to discuss a question posed by a reader. He was asking a basic question about how HIV is transmitted. To me this is a very important question and it should be addressed no matter what.



Many of us knew about how HIV is being transmitted from one person to another and yet many still get infected. According to the Philippine DOH-NEC HIV/AIDS Registry for September 2012, there were 316 new cases of HIV seropositive. This is 44 cases higher than in August 2012 and 25% higher compared to the same period last year. This is the highest ever recorded in 3 decades. When everybody thought that it would soon plateau, the cases are still increasing at an alarming rate.

I believe that education is a continuous process and we should all continue repeating what we know so that the knowledge can become part of us. It is also applicable to the basics of HIV. We have to keep on repeating it over and over again. Once is not enough. We all have to discuss it. We all have to talk about it. We all have to give opinions about it. We all have to be able to share it.

So once again, let us start from the very basics of HIV.

HIV 101: 
Transmission of HIV and 
How it Can Be Prevented
A SUBJECT TO BE REVIEWED

A. HOW IS HIV TRANSMITTED?



B. HIV TRANSMISSION MYTHS

C. HOW IS HIV TRANSMISSION PREVENTED?

 1. Preventing Sexual Transmission of HIV

2. HIV Prevention for Men having Sex with Men (MSM)

3. Preventing HIV Transmission through Injection Drug Use

4. Preventing Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission




"WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
NO PLHIV is alone with his or her struggle with HIV!"

-Pozziepinoy-


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