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FAQs on HIV/AIDS

What is HIV?
How well does HIV survive outside the body?
What is AIDS? What causes AIDS?
What is the difference between HIV and AIDS?
Where did HIV come from?
Where did AIDS come from?
Why Do I Need to Know About HIV Infection and AIDS?
If a person becomes infected with HIV, does that mean he/she has AIDS?
How does HIV cause AIDS?
How long does it take for HIV to cause AIDS?
How is HIV Transmitted?
Can I get HIV from kissing on the cheek?
Can I get HIV from open-mouth kissing?
Can I get HIV from through oral sex ?
Can I get HIV from having vaginal sex?
Can I get HIV from anal sex?
What About Getting AIDS from Body Fluids Like Saliva?
How does a mother transmit HIV to her unborn child?
Can HIV be transmitted through breast-feeding?
Can blood transfusions transmit HIV infection?
Why are injecting drug users vulnerable to HIV?
How can people who use injection drugs reduce their risk for HIV infection?
Can I get HIV from getting a tattoo or through body piercing?
Are health care workers at risk of getting HIV on the job?
Are patients in a dentist's or doctor's office at risk of getting HIV?
Should I be concerned about getting infected with HIV while playing sports?
Can I get HIV from casual contact?
Can I get infected with HIV from mosquitoes?
Are women at equal risk of getting infected with HIV?
What are the factors that heighten women's vulnerability to HIV?
Is there a connection between HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases?
Does the presence of other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) facilitate HIV transmission?
Why is early treatment of STD important?
Why is the AIDS epidemic considered so serious?
Could I Be at Risk?
What Can I Do To Avoid Getting HIV Infection?
How can I avoid being infected through sex?
What is ABC in terms of HIV prevention?
How effective are measures such as “ABC” (Abstinence, Be faithful, Condoms) in protecting women against HIV?
How effective are latex condoms in preventing HIV?
Is it true that male circumcision may provide protection against HIV infection?
How can children and young people be protected from HIV?
Since female infection is often caused by the high-risk behavior of their male partners, how can women take control of their risk?
What female-initiated preventive technologies already exist?
What new preventive technologies are in development?
Who should provide care to HIV/AIDS affected persons?
How should governments share responsibility?
Why are people safe from HIV infection during work?
What about working every day in close physical contact with an infected person?
Who is at risk while at work?
If a worker has HIV infection, should he or she be allowed to continue work?
Does an employee infected with the virus have to tell the employer about it?
Should an employer test a worker for HIV?
Do people living with HIV/AIDS have special rights or responsibilities?
Should a traveller or tourist be concerned about AIDS?
How can a traveller get infected with HIV?
How can the sexual spread of HIV be prevented while travelling?
What if somebody is already infected with HIV? Can he still travel?
What are the symptoms of HIV?
What are the symptoms of AIDS?
How can I tell if I'm infected with HIV?
What are the common opportunistic infections encountered by HIV/AIDS patients?
What If a Friend or Associate Has HIV Infection or AIDS?
Why do people who are infected with HIV eventually die?
What if I have HIV?
Is there a test for HIV?
What blood tests detect the presence of HIV?
What are rapid HIV tests?
Are there other tests available?
Where can I get tested for HIV?
If I test HIV negative, does that mean that my partner is HIV negative also?
What if I test positive for HIV?
How long after a possible exposure should I wait to get tested for HIV?
I have heard there are many different types of HIV tests. How do I know which one I should take?
What is the difference between an anonymous and confidential test?
Which test should I go for, the anonymous or confidential?
What do the test results mean?
If I test positive, does that mean that I will die?
Can a baby have the HIV test?
Are all pregnant women tested?
What happens when you (a woman) have the test?
What are the possible advantages of testing a pregnant woman?
What are the possible disadvantages of a pregnant woman?
On viral load tests, what is considered a high viral load and what is considered a low one? What are these tests used for?
Should I Get Tested?
Is there anything an HIV+ve person can do to stay healthy?
Is there a vaccine for HIV/AIDS?
Is There a Cure? / How is HIV Treated? / Is there a treatment for HIV/AIDS?
Tell me about the medicines to treat HIV. / What is ARV therapy?
What is HAART?
What is drug resistance?
Do the new drugs I hear about cure the HIV?
How safe are condoms in preventing HIV?
Do Condoms offer 100% protection ?
My partner and I are both HIV positive. Do we still need to use condoms?
How does reinfection affect HIV positive persons?
What should I do to prevent re-infection?
What if I have already had unprotected sex?
What is the difference betweenHIV-1 and HIV- 2?
How many subtypes do we know about?
What are the major differences between these subtypes?
Are some subtypes more infectious than others?
How can one protect oneself against the different subtypes?
Do conventional AIDS tests detect all subtypes?
Are more subtypes likely to "appear"?
What is HIV Sentinel surveillance?
What is “Unlinked Anonymity in HIV Sentinel surveillance?
Is the HIV sentinel surveillance clinic based or community based?
What is the usefulness of HIV Sentinel surveillance?
How many people are affected with HIV in the world?
Is the rate of infection among women increasing?
When was the first AIDS case reported in India?
What is the estimated number of HIV infections in the country?
Why is there so much difference between the reported and estimated number of HIV infections?
What is the situation of HIV infection in the country?
What is VCCTC?
What is the role of VCCTC in the prevention of HIV/AIDS?
Where are VCCTCs located in India?
Is there a National Blood Policy?
What is the number of blood banks in the country.
What are the infections for which blood is tested?
What does the term ‘Service Charge’ means in Blood banks?
Is the blood issued by blood banks safe?
Can one acquire HIV infection if one donates blood?
Who can donate blood?
Is there any inspection of blood banks?
Do AIDS cases require a separate ward ?
If testing has to be done in the hospital, is the consent of the patient required?
What is the importance of VCTC in care and support?
How does infection with TB affect the HIV/AIDS scenario?
What are the clinical features of TB and what type of TB is more commonly seen in HIV positive individuals?
How does treatment of TB differ in HIV infected and HIV uninfected individuals?
What precautions should be taken while treating HIV and TB at the same time?
What steps has the Government of India taken to ensure that all HIV positive pregnant mothers avail the benefits of the PPTCT programme
What is the Government’s stand on breast feeding in case of HIV positive mothers?
What are Government Guidelines on Yellow Fever Vaccination for HIV positive persons?
What do endemic, epidemic and pandemic mean?

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