The General Myth and Reality
A Presentation by Amal Krishna Biswas
NIS Project

 Acquired immune deficiency
syndrome
 A collection of infections resulting in
deficiency of immune system in
human beings
 Caused by HIV (Human
Immunodeficiency Virus)

 AIDS Said To Have No CURE
 At last stage effect can be Tumors and
Opportunistic Infections (which affects
human beings at opportunity of a broken
immune system)

 HIV is transmitted through direct contact
of a mucous membrane or the
bloodstream with a bodily fluid
containing HIV
 The Mediums are: blood, semen, vaginal
fluid, seminal fluid, breast milk

 Anal,vaginal or oral sex
 Blood transfusion
 Contaminated hypodermic needles
 Exchange from mother to baby during
pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding,

 The first recognized cases of AIDS
occurred in the USA in the early 1980s
 Believed to have originated from
Chimpanzee
 Some say first transfusion could have
occurred when Sub Saharan African
hunters use to hunt Chimpanzee for food,
blood could have transfused in human
wounds

 Estimated 38.7 million people now
living with the disease worldwide.
(As of January 2006)
 Joint United Nations Programme on
HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World
Health Organization (WHO) estimate that
AIDS has killed more than 25 million
people since it was first recognized
(June, 1981)

 Survival time after developing AIDS is
only 9.2 months
 Over 26 infections can affect at a time
when immune system is weak
 SEXUAL Disease is a Myth, Primarily
transferred through SEX, but high
chances on affected needles and breast
milk

Framed in 1990 by WHO these are stages of
AIDS
Stage I: HIV infection is asymptomatic and not categorized

as AIDS
Stage II: includes minor mucocutaneous manifestations and

recurrent upper respiratory tract infections
Stage III: unexplained chronic diarrhea for longer than a

month, severe bacterial infections and pulmonary
tuberculosis
Stage IV: includes toxoplasmosis of the brain, candidiasis of

the esophagus, trachea, bronchi or lungs and Kaposi's
sarcoma; these diseases are indicators of AIDS.

Prevention is Better than Cure. Let’s
STOP AIDS by starting to practice safer
sex, restricting ourselves from
transmitting or by getting affected

 Safer Sex Methods (Usage of Condoms)
 Single Sexual Partner (Limiting Chance)
 Avoid Drug Injection
 Blood Transfusion through sterilized /
single time use needles
 Pregnant mothers check ups
 Sex Education in Young Adults

 AIDS is not caused by party drugs, AZT,
government conspiracies, or anything else
but a viruste.
 HIV test can be trusted it’s 99% accurate
 HIV drugs can help keep people healthy for
a longer time
 HIV cannot be spread through tears, sweat,
and saliva, social kissing, use of public
facilities (pools, theaters, bathrooms),
sharing drinks or eating utensils and insect
bites

 The majority of HIV+ people worldwide
are heterosexual.
 Women with menstrual problems, warts
have a difficulty in testing
Know more about risks here

 Let’s
aware about AIDS and spread the
word to have a clean AIDS free world.
Thanks
Amal Krishna Biswas