Treatment Literacy/Information needs/prevention
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| HIV Treatment Literacy | ||
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| Learn the science of HIV and the various treatment options | ||
| Introduction | What is treatment literacy? | Effects of lack of treatment literacy | Community Empowerment |  |
| Information needs | Counseling, testing & treatment awareness | Prevention & Treatment | Anti-retroviral drugs | Adherence | HIV Nutrition & Health | Stigma, discrimination & human rights | |
| Resources | Conferences | Teaching materials | Relevant Websites | |
| Prevention Basics |
Why should prevention and safer sex be focused on people living with HIV?
- 1. To prevent from the infection of others with HIV.
- 1. To prevent from the infection of others with HIV.
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Prevention of mother to child transmission : |
- 2. To prevent from sexually transmitted infections, which, if left untreated, can cause serious health problems, particularly when the immune system is very weak.
- 3. Unsafe sex might damage the health of people with HIV and several cases of reinfection or superinfection with drug-resistant strains of HIV have now been presented.
- 2. To prevent from sexually transmitted infections, which, if left untreated, can cause serious health problems, particularly when the immune system is very weak.
| For more information see : HIV Superinfection (re-infection) |
- 4. Prevention of the progression of HIV to AIDS
