The ABC of
Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome
 A = Abstinence
 B = Be Faithful
 C = Condoms

DID YOU KNOW?

every 9½ minutes,
someone in the United States
is infected with the virus.

There are more than 1 million
people in the United States
are living with HIV.

Of those 1 million people living with HIV,
1 of 5 don't know they are infected.
(People who have HIV but don't know it can unknowingly pass the virus to their partners.)

Despite new therapies
people with HIV still develop AIDS.

More than 14,000
people with AIDS still die
each year in the United
States.

SOME BACIS FACTS

HOW IS HIV TRANSMITTED?

By having sex,
with a person who has HIV infection.

By sharing needles, syringes, or other
injection equipment with a person
who injects drugs and has HIV.

From women with HIV to their babies,
before or during birth
or through breastfeeding after birth.

From getting a
blood
transfusion
from a person
with HIV.

HOW IS HIV NOT TRANSMITTED?

shaking hands or hugging a person
with HIV/AIDS.

using a public telephone.

drinking fountain.

using restroom.

swimming in the pool.

sharing a drink.

coughed or sneezed.

mosquito bite.

3 critical ways of reducing
your risk of getting
HIV and live longer.

1
Don't have
sex at all .

2
Only have sex
if you are in a mutually
monogamous relationship and you
have both tested negative for HIV.

Use a condom every time you 3
have any kind of sex. Yes, any kind.

BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. HOW? READ ON.

We should
know
whether or
not we are
infected
with HIV.

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THIS WAY
YOU CAN
CONTRIBUTE
AS AN
INDIVIDUAL

We should mobilize to overcome the
challenges and barriers to HIV prevention;

We should fight ignorance and complacency
related to HIV;

We should increase the awareness about
the severity of epidemic and the continued
impact that HIV is having on our
communities;

We should increase the awareness about
the severity of epidemic and the continued
impact that HIV is having on our
communities;

We should work to prevent stigma and
discrimination—and to increase support for
people living with HIV.

There’s a lot to do

There’s a lot to do
THINK ABOUT
IT.

We must recognize the epidemic here, in this country,
for the crisis that it still is;

We must recognize the epidemic here, in this country,
for the crisis that it still is;
We must implement the programs that scientific
evidence tells us are most effective;

We must recognize the epidemic here, in this country,
for the crisis that it still is;
We must implement the programs that scientific
evidence tells us are most effective;
We must ensure that those who need effective
prevention interventions have access to them;

We must recognize the epidemic here, in this country,
for the crisis that it still is;
We must implement the programs that scientific
evidence tells us are most effective;
We must ensure that those who need effective
prevention interventions have access to them;
We must come together to intensify efforts and the
stop this epidemic.

It’s possible . . . . . . . . . . . .

Together, we have the power
to change the course of the
HIV epidemic.

We will see the Sunshine. Together.