5 THINGS YOU NEED

TO KNOW ABOUT
HIV & AIDS
ERROL R. ORDINES, RN
Chapter Service Representative
Philippine Red Cross Aklan Chapter
 There is only 1 virus
that causes AIDS.

 HIV stands for

H - Human
I - Immunodeficiency
V - Virus
 infects and affects only HUMAN BEINGS.
 when it affects human beings, it destroys the body’s ability to fight off
diseases.
 this renders the immune system defenseless and vulnerable to all
forms of infections.
 HIV and AIDS are 2
different conditions, they
are not the same.

AIDS stands for:

Acquired - something you get rather than you are born with
Immune - resistance or protection from disease
Deficiency - absence of protective power
Syndrome - a variety of symptoms rather than one single
disease
 There are 3 Main Modes
of Transmission

1. Unprotected Penetrative Sex

2. Blood Transmission
3. Mother To Child Transmission
 There are 3 Main Modes
of Transmission

1. Unprotected Penetrative
Sex

HIV can enter a person’s

bloodstream through the
vagina, penis, or rectum
during intercourse without
protection or condom.
 There are 3 Main Modes
of Transmission

2. Blood Transmission

HIV is transmitted though transfusions of

contaminated blood or blood
components. Today, because of blood
screening and heat treatment, the risk of
getting HIV from such transfusions is
extremely small. Sharing of contaminated
and unsterile needles and syringes can
also predispose the person to acquiring
the virus.
 There are 3 Main Modes
of Transmission

3. Mother To Child Transmission

An HIV infected mother can pass HIV

to her unborn baby. This occurs
mainly during pregnancy, during birth
and during breastfeeding.
Approximately one quarter to one
third of all pregnant women infected
with HIV will pass the infection to their
babies.
HIV CAN NOT pass from one person to another
in the following kinds of contact:
 Wearing someone else’s  Caring for children when the
clothes or using articles adult is HIV positive
belonging to them that they  Travelling on crowded buses
have touched (for example with a person or people with
towels, bedding) HIV.
 Living or sleeping in the  A person with HIV coughing
same room as a person with or sneezing with you.
HIV.
 Sharing food, cups and
 Hugging or sleeping with a plates with a person with
baby or a child who has HIV. HIV.
 Swimming in a pool, river or  Mosquito bites
waterhole with a person or
people with HIV.
 There are 4 Body Fluids
that can transmit the HIV.

1. Blood and blood products

2. Seminal Fluid
3. Vaginal Fluid
4. Breastmilk
 There are 4 Body Fluids
that can transmit the HIV.

1. Blood and blood products

Infected and unscreened blood

enters the bloodstream of another
person either during blood
transmission, organ donation and
transplant, of the use of infected
needles or syringes for injected
drugs.
 There are 4 Body Fluids
that can transmit the HIV.

2. Seminal Fluid and

3. Vaginal Fluid
This transmission is done through
unprotected sexual intercourse or
unprotected sex, meaning to say,
no condom or any protective
barrier is used during the
intercourse.
 There are 4 Body Fluids
that can transmit the HIV.

4. Breastmilk

An HIV-infected mother can transfer

the virus to her child during
pregnancy through placental blood
exchange or exchange of blood in
the placenta, or during delivery.
Breastfeeding also predispose the
baby to acquire the virus.
 There are 5 ways to
prevent HIV infection.

A– abstinence
B– be faithful
C– consistent and correct condom use
D– don’t do drugs
E– education
Risky Behaviors that puts
you at risk to HIV infection:

 Multiple Sexual Partners

 Unprotected Sex (no condom)
 Random Sex (meet up)
 Sex for Trade
How do you know if you
have HIV?

Through
HIV TEST.
HIV Test
is FREE, VOLUNTARY
AND CONFIDENTIAL.
Treatment related
to HIV and AIDS.

NO CURE has yet been found

for HIV.

However, primary therapy for

HIV infection is the use of
antiretroviral therapy (ARV).
Treatment related to HIV and AIDS.
Anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment (UNICEF. 2007):
 ARVs are medicines usually taken in combinations of two
to four medicines that work to stop HIV from increasing in
the blood.
 By reducing the amount of HIV, these medicines also help
the number of CD4 cells in the body to increase, which in
turn lets the body improve its own defenses against
infection.
 ARVs work best when you have all the necessary
information about treatment and a health care-provider
who you trust.
 TAKE NOTE that the use of these treatments is not to cure
the HIV but rather to slow down the progression of the
virus.
Please contact us:

PHILIPPINE RED CROSS

AKLAN CHAPTER
F. Quimpo St., Kalibo, Aklan
(beside Poblacion Barangay Hall)
Call (036) 268-1425

Message or call:
0000-000-0000