1. WHAT IS HIV/AIDS AND IS IT MY
PROBLEM?
Sujit Dey, B.Sc, MT
Health Unit
U.S. Embassy-Dhaka
Bangladesh

2. Why is Bangladesh at Risk?
• Illiteracy (Myths)
• Culture (No sex education)
• Drug Users
• Neighboring Countries
• Drug users
• Improper Blood Banking System
• Other Causes

3. Are you at risk?
A rich business man’s family

4. Quiz
• AIDS is curable. T/F
• You can get AIDS from mosquitoes. T/F
• You can get AIDS from oral sex. T/F
• You can get AIDS from kissing. T/F
• AIDS is primarily a homosexual disease T/F
• You can tell if someone has HIV by looking at them
T/F
• How many new cases of AIDS are there daily in the
world: <100, 100-1,000, 1,000-10,000, 10,-20,000,
>20,000

5. HIV
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• The virus that causes AIDS
• Discovered in 1983
• Attacks the immune cells (T-Cells)

6. AIDS
• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
• This is HIV with symptoms
– Low immune cell count
– Kaposi Sarcoma
– Tuberculosis
– Other diseases

7. Why is it so lethal?
• Attacks the Immune Cells
• The T-Cells
• As more T-Cells die from the HIV virus, the body
loses the ability to protect itself.

8. What are the Symptoms of HIV?
• Usually 2-4 weeks after exposure
• At first cold/flu symptoms
– Fever
– Swollen glands
– Sore Throat
– Rash
– Fatigue

9. Later Symptoms
• Weight Loss
• Opportunistic Infections
– Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia
– TB
– Kaposis Sarcoma
– Fungal Infections

10. Course of the Disease

11. How Do You Get The Disease?
• Bodily Fluids
– Blood (including menstrual blood)
– Semen
– Vaginal Fluid
– Breast Milk
– Saliva and tears (but in such small quantities that that
the virus is not transmitted)

12. STDs
• Sexually Transmitted Disease
– Chlamydia
– Gonorrhea
– Syphilis
• Increase the risk of getting HIV by 6-10 times
• Increased risk by 10-300 times if there is a genital
ulcer

13. Sexual Behavior
• Anal Sex without a condom
• Vaginal Sex without a condom
• Oral Sex without protection

14. Oral Sex
• Not as dangerous as anal or vaginal sex but still
risky.
• Cuts or scrapes in the mouth
• Menstrual blood
• Use a condom, dental dam, or plastic wrap.
• Tonsil and Adenoid tissue a target for HIV

15. Maryland Poster 2

16. Other Behaviors That Transmit HIV
• Sharing Needles
• Home Tattooing

17. About 14 000 new HIV infections a Day
• More than 95% are in developing
countries
• 2000 are in children under 15 years of age
• About 12 000 are in persons aged 15 to 49
years, of whom:
— almost 50% are women
— about 50% are 15–24 year olds

18. HIV Is Not Transmitted By:
• Hugging
• Kissing
• Massage
• Shaking Hands
• Living in the same house with someone with HIV
• Insect Bites (Mosquitoes)
• Contact with sports equipments (sweat and tears have
never been shown to transmit the disease)

19. Activity with pictures

20. A,B,C,D of Protection
• Abstain from sexual intercourse
• Be faithful
• Condom
• Drugs no

21. How Do I Protect Myself
• Use a Condom (You can’t tell by looking at
someone) for any penile contact
• Dental Dam or Plastic Wrap for non-penile
contact (anal, vaginal)

22. Sutra NGO

23. Do Condoms Work?
• Condoms are effective in preventing HIV
infection
• They rarely break. Only 2% of the time and
usually due to misuse.

24. Condom Use Practice

25. HIV Testing
• Blood test
– May take 3-6 months to turn positive
– Be sure you have a support network
– Testing doesn’t protect you from HIV

26. Internet Resources
• WWW.AIDS-ED.ORG
– AIDS education and Training Center
• WWW.HIVATIS.ORG
– HIV treatment guidelines
• WWW.HOPKINS-AIDS.EDU
– John’s Hopkins
• WWW.HIVINSITE.UCSF.EDU
– Univ of Calif. San Francisco

27. QUESTIONS???