2. World Aids Day
Beautiful in a Sick Kind of Way by Pippa Ward, machine embroidery on
canvas, 100 x 130 cm (Fine Art student at UCA, Farnham)
3. What is HIV and AIDS?
HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. HIV
attacks the body’s immune system – the body’s defence
against diseases
AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome. A person is considered to have AIDS when
the immune system has become so weak that it can no
longer fight off a whole range of diseases with which it
would normally cope
5. HIV Facts: International Statistics
There are over 33 million people living with HIV
worldwide
Since AIDS was first identified over 20 years ago, more
than 25 million people have died
There are more than 11 million children who have lost
one or both parents to AIDS in Africa
7. HIV Facts: UK Statistics
There are more than 80,000 people living with HIV in
the UK
Between 7,000 and 8,000 people are diagnosed with
HIV in the UK each year
9. HIV Facts: UK Statistics
Almost half the people living with HIV have been living
with the virus for 4 years before diagnosis
You have the right to not tell anyone, including employers
about your HIV status and this right is protected by law
10. World Aids Day
Stolen Glances by Tessa Boffin
(UCA archives)
11. HIV Facts: UK Statistics
22% of people living with HIV are unaware of their infection
13. HIV Treatment
There is no cure for HIV but since 1995 there have been
drugs available to treat it
Most people with HIV only need to take 1 or 2 pills a day
Someone living with HIV and receiving prompt effective
treatment can expect to live for as long as someone
without HIV
14. World Aids Day
The Slings and Arrows of
Outrageous Fortune
by Tessa Boffin, (UCA archives)
black and white photo collage
15. Protect Yourself against HIV
Unless you’re absolutely sure of a partner’s HIV status safer sex
is the best choice to make
The best way to protect yourself against HIV is to use a condom
during sex
If you are an intravenous drug user do not share needles
17. HIV and STD testing
Visit your local GUM (genital urinary medical) clinic for:
HIV and STD testing, emergency contraception and free
condoms
The nearest GUM clinic is Aldershot Centre for Health, Entrance
Level, Hospital Hill, Aldershot, Hants GU11 1AY 0300 300 2016
www.letstalkaboutit.nhs.uk
18. World AIDS Day and the red ribbon
World AIDS DAY is always on 1st December.
It was the very first international health day
It was started by the World Health Organisation in 1988
in recognition of the need to address the HIV pandemic
The red ribbon is worn across the world as a sign of
support for people living with HIV