Brief presentation about AIDS

6. HIV Virus Structure

7. 3 Dimensional Model of HIV Virus

8. Section Of HIV Virus

12. Semen 11,000 Vaginal Fluid 7,000 Blood 18,000 Amniotic Fluid 4,000 Saliva 1 Average number of HIV particles in 1 ml of these body fluids

22. Symptoms

23. HIV Virus T-Cell HIV Infected T-Cell New HIV Virus

26. HIV Infection and Antibody Response Infection Occurs AIDS Symptoms ---Initial Stage---- ---------------Intermediate or Latent Stage-------------- ---Illness Stage--- Flu-like Symptoms Or No Symptoms Symptom-free < ---- ----

36. EIA/ELISA Test Positive Negative Run IFA Confirmation Repeat Positive Positive End Testing Repeat ELISA Every 3 months for 1 year Negative Positive Negative Indeterminate Repeat at 2-4 months Repeat at 3 weeks HIV Testing No HIV Exposure Low Risk HIV Exposure High Risk Negative HIV + Repeat every 6 months for continued High risk behavior

71. Yearly Trend of Estimates of HIV Infections in India in Millions

72. 3.97 m. Indians Living with HIV 1998 2002 2003 HIV Prevalence reaches 1% amongst general population in TN, AP & Karnataka Gujarat remained in medium prevalence Gujarat remained in medium prevalence >1% Antenatal women >5 % High risk groups < 5 % High risk groups 1990 1986 1994 2001 2000 First case of HIV detected in Chennai HIV Prevalence reaches over 5% amongst high risk group in Maharahtra & Manipur HIV Prevalence reaches over 1% amongst women in Maharashtra & Manipur EVOLUTION OF HIV EPIDEMIC– INDIA 1986-2003 High level of HIV among ANC clinic attendants in Maharashtra & TN some sites reporting over 5%

73. AGE SEX WISE DISTRIBUTION IN REPORTED AIDS CASES IN GUJARAT 15-49 years of Age Group constitute 88.32 % of total AIDS cases reported in Gujarat.

74. Started on 1st December 1988, World AIDS Day is about raising money, increasing awareness, fighting prejudice and improving education. The World AIDS Day theme for 2009 is ' Universal Access and Human Rights '. World AIDS Day is important in reminding people that HIV has not gone away, and that there are many things still to be done. According to UNAIDS estimates, there are now 33.2 million people living with HIV, including 2.5 million children. During 2007 some 2.5 million people became newly infected with the virus. Around half of all people who become infected with HIV do so before they are 25 and are killed by AIDS before they are 35. Around 95% of people with HIV and AIDS live in developing nations. But HIV today is a threat to men, women and children on all continents around the world. World AIDS Day

75. “ The world we have made as a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far creates problems that we cannot solve at the same level at which we have created them... We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humankind is to survive. .” Albert Einstein