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Know t he FACTS
HIV/AIDS
October 2009
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2. Fact 1
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 HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infects cells of the immune system
and destroys or impairs their function.
 Infection results in the progressive deterioration of the immune system,
breaking down the body's ability to fend off infections & diseases.
 AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome) refers to the most advanced
stages of HIV infection, defined by the occurrence of any of more than 20
opportunistic infections or related cancers.
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Fact 2
Ways of HIV transmission:
 unprotected sexual intercourse (vaginal or anal) or oral sex
with an infected person;
 transfusions of contaminated blood;
 sharing of contaminated needles, syringes or other sharp instruments;
 from mother to her baby during pregnancy, childbirth & breastfeeding.
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Fact 3
 33 million people live with HIV/AIDS worldwide, the vast
majority of whom are in low & middle-income countries.
 An estimated 2.7 million people were newly infected with the virus
in 2007.
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Fact 4
 HIV/AIDS is the world’s leading infectious killer.
 Claiming—to date—more than 25 million lives.
 2 million people die every year from HIV/AIDS.
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Fact 5
 Combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) prevents the HIV
virus from multiplying in the body.
 If the reproduction of the HIV virus stops, then the body's
immune cells are able to live longer and provide the body
with protection from infections.
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Fact 6
 About 4 million HIV-positive people had access to antiretroviral therapy
(ART) in low- and middle-income countries in 2008.
 This is a 36% increase in treatment coverage compared to 2007 and a 10-
fold increase over 5 years.
 Global coverage of ART is still low, reaching only 42% of the estimated
9.5 million people who need it.
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 More than 2 million children are living with HIV/AIDS, according to
2007 figures.
 Most of the children live in sub-Saharan Africa & were infected by their
HIV-positive mothers during pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding.
 1000 children become newly infected with HIV each day.
 The number of children receiving ART increased from about 75,000 in
2005 to 276,000 in 2008.
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 Mother-to-child-transmission is almost entirely avoidable,.
 Access to preventive interventions remains low in most developing low- &
middle-income countries. However, progress has been made.
 In 2008, 45% of pregnant women living with HIV received antiretrovirals to
prevent mother-to-child transmission of the virus, up from 10% in 2004.
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Fact 9
 In 2007, more than 450,000 deaths from tuberculosis occurred
among people living with HIV.
 This is equal to nearly a quarter of the estimated 2 million deaths
from HIV in that year.
 Majority of people living with both HIV & TB reside in sub-Saharan
Africa (about 80% of cases worldwide), of whom around 1 quarter are
in South Africa.
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Some key ways to prevent HIV transmission:
 abstain from sex, or practice safe sexual behaviors like using
condoms;
 get tested & treated for sexually transmitted infections, including HIV;
 avoid injecting drugs, or if you do, always use new & disposable
needles & syringes; and
 ensure that any blood or blood products that you might need are
tested for HIV.
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Source: WHO
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