A.I.D.

GETTING TO ZERO

WHY IS AIDS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE?!?

Prevalence in the society Fatality Absence of effective cures Lack of awareness Plight of the affected individuals

AIDS Its origin and history

Originated from the SIV affecting the primates in subsaharan Africa 1976, Arvid Noe June 5,1981, GRID August, 1982, the term AIDS is introduced

 May, 1983, Luc Montagnier, at the Pasteur Institute isolates the AIDS virus (LAV) May, 1984, Robert Gallo, also isolates the virus (HTLV-III) May, 1986, HIV coined by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Virus

HIV the culprit

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV-1 & HIV-2)

How does AIDS spread?

Body fluids (blood, semen, vaginal fluid, and breast milk) Sexual Contact with infected individuals Medical procedures (Blood transfusion, surgery, injection etc.) Infected pregnant women (During pregnancy and delivery) Grooming and tatoo saloons,

The effect of HIV on the Human Body

Affects the immune system. Susceptibility to infectious diseases (pneumonia, tuberculosis, kaposis sarcoma, septicemia, etc.) Lethal consequences upon contraction of disease.

Diagnosis of AIDS
Viral load Test Saliva Test Oraquick Blood test ELISA (Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay) Western Blot Indirect Immunofluorscence assay

Treatment of AIDS
Anti-retroviral drugs Combination therapy Expensive Availability
Anti Retro Viral Drugs

Misconceptions about AIDS

Casual contact with HIV+ individual or his belongings. Oral sex does not transmit AIDS. HIV is transmitted by mosquitoes.

A school-teacher fired from school for being HIV positive being hugged by his daughter

How to manage this serious issue?

Prevention as cure - comprehensive approach- Positive prevention Prevention of various modes of transmission - Sexual contact, blood and mother to child HIV- testing Political leadership Role of general public,organisations,media and government Empathy towards affected individuals

A condom vending machine

A sex-worker handing leaf-lets to truck-drivers in Maharashtra

HIV-AIDS information painted on a wall in Darjeeling

A Human chain on World AIDS Day

AIDS awareness banner in Sangli, Maharashtra

An NGO volunteer in Kenya

AID THE FIGHT AGAINST AIDS!!!!!!