HIV/AIDS

• HIV- Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• AIDS- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
• HIV- Virus damages immune system so you are unable to fight other infections

It is spread in four ways:

• Unprotected sex with someone infected
• By blood
• Using infected needles
• From mother to child at birth

• Drugs are available for HIV which postpone the onset of AIDS
• No cure for HIV/AIDS but drugs that can delay the development of AIDS exists

Tombstone Advertisement

• Creates an element of fear
• Worked as UK had 1/2 the cases of othern western european countries such as France, Spain and Portugal

Education for people of all ages

Sexual health funding

• Governments
• NGOs such as Terence Higgins Trust
• Contraception
• Availability/Cost of Drugs

Religion

• Promoting safe sex -> Reduction in STI spread

Blood Transfusions

• Blood Screening for HIV/AIDS
• Done better in ACs than LIDCs

No reuse of needles

Childbirth

• Abortion
• Education

• "Mitigation strategies used by government and international agencies to combat global pandemics, such as HIV/AIDS, including screening, availability and funding of treatment and education programmes"
• Mitigation- The action of reducing the severity or seriousness of something