Our goal: to inform our community how HIV and AIDS can be transmitted and how to prevent yourself ad others from becoming infected.
Community: Hispanics Huntington Park
How can HIV and AIDS can be transmitted?
Before lest remember that HIV and AIDS are two different decease.HIV is an infection that can lead to more infections and AIDS is a syndrome that attacks the immune system.
Is important to remark that it is completely false that if you have HIV you have AIDS ( yes there is a highly risk of you to get AIDS if you already have HIV because your immune system is weak then you can get AIDS )
2014 AIDS Action Committee, Boston
How is HIV passed from one person to another?
Having vaginal,oral, or anal sex with an infected person.
Sharing needles, syringes, rinse water, or other equipment that an infected person used.
This next ones are rare but can happen.
Being born to an infected mother. HIV can be passed from mother to child during pregnancy, birth, or breastfeeding.
Transfusion of Blood from an infected person.
Pretty much anything that has a direct contact with certain body’s fluids such as blood, vaginal, fluid, semen, breast milk, and rectal secretions from an infected person, are ways of acquiring THE Human Immune Virus.
Myths about how HIV is transmitted.
I can get HIV with mosquitoes bite.
I can get infected if I use utensils used by an infected person.
HIV/AIDS is mostly a disease of homosexual men.
HIV/AIDS is mostly an African problem.
There is no hope for those with HIV/AIDS.
If I come out positive there’s nothing I can do.
A cure exists for HIV/AIDS.
Even though there is not cure for this infection there are several treatments that can help HIV positives to have a control over the decease allowing them to live with it.
“More than 1.2 million people in the United States are living with HIV infection, and almost 1 in 7 (14%) are unaware of their infection.”
“Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSMa), particularly young black/African American MSM, are most seriously affected by HIV.” stated a website called Centers For Decease Control and Prevention, HIV in the United States: At A Glance last reviewed: May 11, 2015,website visited May 19, 2015.
The HIV/AIDS SURVEILLANCE IN CALIFORNIA is in charge of gathering the data about people getting infected with HIV in California. Based on the it’s last report from 2010 to 2013 there has been a decrease of the amount of people getting infected with HIV,around 150-300 people were not getting infected from January to August 2013 ( comparing to 2010). In the other hand from September 2010 the amount of people that got infected increase considerably, in September 2013 around 770 people from California got HIV compared to 2010 the amount of people infected in 2013 increased by almost 265 people in this specific month. Last report December 31 2013
Los Angeles
Total Cases HIV (Non AIDS)19,891
Living Cases18,860
Deceased 1,031
Percent 5
HIV (with AIDS) 62,051
Living Cases 27,252
Deceased 34,799
Percent 56
Hispanic
HIV (Non AIDS Cases)
Living15,101
Percent 32.4%
Cumulative 15,628
Percent 31.7%
HIV (with AIDS)
Living 24,914
Percent 34.0%
Cumulative 43,856
Percent 25.8%
Total HIV Cases
Living 40,015
Percent 33.4%
Cumulative 59,484
Percent 27.1%
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/data/statistics/Documents/HIVSurveillanceReport2013dxBy2014yrenddata.pdf
How does it feel?
Kathy
“Hi I’m Kathy 12 I was born with HIV…”
“people tell me that people like me shouldn’t even be on this earth…”
“I’m really scared”
Zambian
“Well, I always thought I will never be positive but it has happened and there's nothing I can do about it but to live…”
Mr.K
“We began seeing each other…our relationship grew stronger…Life was very good until February 11, 2010…I discovered a hospital document…my partner was HIV poz and had been for 10 years prior…I was devastated!”
“I am heart broken, confused and angry. Being lied to by someone you love so much just adds to the pain of having to deal with the news of being HIV poz.”
Attitude Perception (Survey)
Controversy
A shot to prevent HIV?
“researchers in California also discovered a vaccine that could halt HIV transmission and infection, and could assist those who are already living with the virus.”
“In California, researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in California developed a radical new approach to tackling HIV, whereby they altered the DNA of monkeys to give their cells HIV-fighting properties, which would completely protect them from the virus and the ensuing disease.”
We completely encourage you all to educate yourself more about this virus that is affecting mankind.
There is not a reason why parents should not talk about this.
Teens protect yourself, parents talk to your kids about sex, students ask questions( to your teachers, parents, doctors).
Talking about sex to our generation is crucial everyone should contribute to this educational goal which is to stop spreading the decease.
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